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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, openwork circular plate type. Missing pin, slightly bent. The pin was hinged between two close set lugs. Four squared outline lugs prject from the circumference; the one over the pin hinge is pierced with a small circular hole, 1.5mm across. the main body has a central hole and four peltate (or kidney-shaped) holes leaving an equal-armed cross form with dots in the gaps. There are traces of dark blue enamel in the main area and a pale turquoise blue in the dots. Length including lugs 41mm, diameter 32mm, plate 2mm thick. As Hattatt no.538 (the distribution, including another from Suffolk, discussed in IARB p.146), which shows that the centre hole originally held a small boss. Previously listed and drawn April 1989. | 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: | 100
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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