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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of 'keyhole' rosette type (Hattatt 284/285) The cylindrical spring case, 20mm wide, is formed from two pieces of metal rolled together and perforated with a central transverse slot. The spring cover is broken and a portion missing. The spring & pin are also missing. A central disk, 22mm in diameter, projects slightly forward from the spring casing. This is decorated with a pair of concentric ribs around the edge of the disk. The centre of the disk is perforated with a 2mm hole that would have served as an attachment point for an applied central decoration. This decorative element is missing but comparison with other known examples shows that it could take various forms. Below the disk is a flared foot, 14m in length, 8 - 11mm wide, decorated with two parallel bands of dots that begin at the edge of the disk and continue to the bottom edge of the foot. The reverse of the foot has a simple integral catchplate projecting 5mm. The whole of the brooch is formed from very thin metal, at no point thicker than 0.5mm. | 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: | 25
65 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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