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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, sitting hen or chicken type. Missing pin, damaged head and bent tail; corroded surfaces. The pin was hinged between two close set lugs. The body is hollow underneath and has a layer of fired clay within it, probably the remains of the mould. The head has a dot and circle for the eye on each side (none contain any surviving enamel) and another small triangular cell below; the beak and the comb are missing. There are four originally enamelled triangles at the base of the neck, now indistinct. The enamelled cells are similarly arranged to Hattatt no. 620 although some are more angular. The central area is now empty but is flanked by single yellow and blue ?wing feather shapes - these do not seem to have subdivisions as Hattatt 620 does. The tail, now bent over and damaged, is flat with the remains of a hole underneath it. Surviving length 31mm, maximum body width 18mm, chicken height 21mm. Also similar to unpublished egs from Nacton, Shotley and Withersfield, Suffolk - and more recently one from Braiseworth, Sf 8629. | 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: | 85
250 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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