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Description: | A small brooch in the form of a bird, of 6th century date and probable Frankish origin. The bird has a prominent curving beak, a triangular tail and a pair of legs. A fin-like projection on its back, with seven ribs, may be intended to represent a wing. The eye is formed by a circular recess which may originally have held a stone or bead. The tail has a triangular area filled with white enamel. The front of the brooch is gilded, almost all of which survives. The tail, legs and beak are each further delineated using a grooved line. The back of the brooch is not gilded. The catch plate and hinge are both present along with the remains of an iron pin. | 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: | 500
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | David Williams | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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