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Description: | Enamelled british trumpet brooch. The head encloses a swivelling wire chain loop and the pin. The trumpet head is completely decorated with a red enamel background, undelying two crescents of celtic style filled with blue enamel, and two 'D' shapeds filled with yellow enamel. The suspension loop bar is also enamelled with two blue squares either side a yellow triangle. The foot is divided from the bow by the means of a fully developed acanthus. The foot is completely enamelled with alternating red, blue and yellow triangles on either side. The underface of the foot knob is recessed for enamel, however is now lost. Straight leg, solid catchplate. A very outstanding object. | 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: | 100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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