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Description: | The brooch has tubular wings with a gap in the centre of the reverse. In this gap hinge is visible which allows an axis bar to pass through. The axis bar is visible at the wing terminals. The upper edge of the wings has a decorative protrusion. This protrusion consists of a circular cell with a hole in the centre, and a curved ']' shape connecting the side of the circular cell with the top of the wings, thereby forming a sub-oval shaped openwork. The opposite side only has short protrusions which suggesting the loop formed is broken. The outer face of the wings are reltively flat with a conical shaped cell each side of the bow. The bow head is slightly rectangular and is slightly waisted below the wings. At the apex of the bow there is another conical shaped cell with moulding around. The side this portion has a moulded central circular boss with an incomplete ring around it. This appears on either side, but not the reverse. Below is moulded portion the bow is tapered and sub-oval shape in section, but also incomplete. The catchplate is not visible, so presumably the bow has broken above the catchplate. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with three columns of rectangular cells which are filled alternatly with yellow and blue enamel. The brooch has a heavy green/brown patina. | 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: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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