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Description: | Cast copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a bird. The wings are formed of simple incised lines. The catchplate is found on the reverse of the brooch, positioned behind the birds tail. There is no evidence for the pin attachment. Brooches of this type usually have a single sprung pin and catch similar to the mechanism used on knee-brooches. Zoomorphic bird brooches are depicted in Hattatt p229 figure 71. Stylistically, this brooch is most similar to number 1161. Hattatt 1161 is an openwork design of an eagle attacking a hare. The example recorded may be an example of this type, with the hare element missing. This would also account for the missing pin lug which would have been located on the reverse of the hare element. The brooch is approximately 36mm long and 19mm wide.
Zoomorphic brooches can date from the late 1st century, however they are more common in the 2nd century running into the early 3rd century. If this example is an incomplete eagle and hare brooch, it is of a late 2nd to early 3rd century date. | 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: | 175
225 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Richard Hobbs | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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