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Description: | Hinge-headed enamelled bow brooch of copper alloy. The object is missing half of the hinge and the pin. Much of the discoloured enamel is missing. It is covered in a green patina. It weighs 3.38g and measures 30x11mm.The hinge and narrower upper bow are set at right angles to the main bow. The main bow is a flat triangular plate, 2mm thick. This contains a single undivided enamelled field. The lower bow is undecorated 3mm wide and 13mm long and at approximately 45 degrees to the main bow. The hinge plate is complete and unperforated.These brooches are embellishments of the Hod Hill type of brooch and continental in origin. They date from the late 1st century till at least the middle of the 2nd century. No close parallels could be found for this brooch. 992 from Wiltshire (Hattatt 1987) is similar, although the upper bow is at 45 degrees to the main bow and the foot is decorated and again at less of an angle to the main bow. The hinge in this type of brooch is usually rolled (see Hattatt 1987) like the Hod Hill type. This example, however, is tubular.
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