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Description: | Almost complete Dolphin brooch, hinged with slotted enamel on upper bow; three rectangular slots or settings, the lower two now empty, the upper filled with green enamel. The tubular wings are plain apart from a groove at each end. A groove extends down each side of the pointed ovoid section bow. A median rib begins below the slots & widens slightly towards the foot where it takes up the full width. It is crossed by five transverse grooves before terminating in a small kicked-forward knob which is decorated with transverse mouldings. Close to Hattatt nos. 367-70. The metal is patinated dull brown apart from a bright green patch on one wing. Length 36 mm, wingspan 24.5 mm. Late 1st cent. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 75
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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