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Description: | Cast copper alloy headstud brooch. The brooch is complete and is in a good state of preservation. The wings are cylindrical in cross-section and have flat wing faces. The wings contain an iron axis bar. The pin is complete and intact. There is an integral suspension loop at the top that has a narrow strip of copper alloy wrapped around it at the base forming a decorative collar. The collar is decorated on the front with an indented row of hash marks. Both wing faces are decorated with two outward pointing triangular cells filled with blue enamel.The bow has a moulded crest along the top leading from the suspension loop to a moulded pellet-in ring headstud. The bow is comma shaped in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The face of the bow is decorated with three moulded ribs down the centre. The foot is reeled and the catchplate is intact.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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