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Description: | Copper-alloy Horse-and-Rider brooch. The horse, which is galloping to the right is well defined with a small head with ears pricked, a dot for the eye, a band across the forehead and an open mouth. The mane is upright and is represented by a series of vertical ridges. The tail is docked and the legs are incomplete. The body was divided into four zones divided by the rider's leg and two adjoining semi-circular fields between the neck and foreleg. The field either side of the rider's leg retain much bright blue enamel. The edge representing the lower body has a series of closely-set transverse incised lines. The male rider has a disproportionately large head with short hair, a beard and a large lentoid eye with corresponding long eyebrow. He holds a whip in his right handand his right leg extends below the horse's girth. Single pierced lug on reverse for missing pin. Heavy iron corrosion from axis bar around the lug. | 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
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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