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Description: | A very fine cruciform brooch missing only the pin, there is a small amount of iron accretion on the catch plate suggesting that the pin was of ferrous metal. The head plate has a trapezoidal central panel, the wings are sub-rectangular, each wing has a half-circle cut out of each of the short sides of the rectangle (top and bottom when holding the brooch head plate upwards). The wings have no side knobs, but the top knob is integrally cast, with an oval 'step' at the junction between the central panel and knob, narrowing into a waist and flaring out into a knob which is oval in section and conical in plan, this is 'topped off' by a further small 'upside down' cone the very tip of which is flattened. The arched bow has faceted corners and concave reverse, the bow is decorated with indistinct engraved lines down both long 'outer' sides, and slightly deeper grooves top and bottom on the central line. There are incised transverse lines at the junction of the bow and foot, further multiple incised lines 'above' and 'below' a raised moulded 'collar' at the junction of the horse head terminal. The terminal has prominent raised sub-triangular eyes with circular indented pupils, the eyes are surrounded by triangular incised lines forming a St Andrews cross, the nostrils are small raised narrow ovals, again emphasised by linear engravings. The reverse of the head plate shows fine filing and small ?hammer indentations either side of the raised pin lug that is triangular in side view with a circular perforation for the pin, the catch plate sits at the junction of the bow and foot and curls to the left when holding the brooch head plate uppermost. | 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: | 410
500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rhiannon Harte | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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