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Description: | Copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a three-dimensional swimming swan. The swan has a naturalistic outline and dates to the 2nd century AD. The main body is concave and formed from a thin moulded sheet of metal. The wings are decorated with enamelled crescent, eight on each side. The enamel is largely missing leaving behind the empty cells; traces of blue and red are however visible in the tail. Between the wings are two inward pointing rows of triangles, facing each other. A simple head extends out of this end, the detail of the eye and the bill can be seen. The tail is pierced. Below the tail there is a twin lug and the catchplate remains under the head. The pin is missing. A similar swan brooch can be seen in Hattatt, p164-5, Fig: 70.
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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