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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy umbonate brooch, dating to the 2nd Century AD. The edge of the brooch is damaged and a third of the edge has broken off, the surviving part is formed from a raised rim. The rim itself is decorated with four equally-spaced knops, only two survive- one is larger than the other. The larger also conceals the double lug for the missing pin; this is located on the longest axis. The catchplate has broken. The front of the brooch is decorated with enamel which is set in small triangular recesses. These are arranged in two circles of fourteen around a central pellet. The colour of the enamel is not clear, as it has not been preserved in every recess. There is a ring and dot in the centre of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch is concave. The lug is a twin lug and part of the pin survives in situ. A very similar brooch from Owmby, Lincolnshire, is illustrated in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p350, fig. 209, no.128).
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