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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch. Length 41mm, width of the wings 23.2mm. The head of the bow is sharply angled to return rearward to semi-cylindrical wings which held a bilateral spring with axis bar through end lugs and the chord through an overhead lug. The spring and pin are missing. However, a tiny fragment of a copper alloy chord remains in situ within the perforation of the lug. The wings are not horizontal but slope slightly downwards to the left. The bow is flat at the front and is trapezoidal in shape measuring 10mm wide at the top and 7.6mm at the bottom. On the front of the bow, near the edges, is an incised line containing two square cells, one above the other. Within the upper cell is a minute fragment of what appears to be red enamel; whilst the lower cell is empty. There is a vague swelling just beneath the bow which forms a junction between the bow and the foot. Viewed from the front, the bow and foot taper gently to a point. At the bottom, the foot springs sharply forward to produce a small indistinct terminal. The catch-plate has no step from the leg. | 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: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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