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Description: | Gilt copper alloy disc brooch. Wheel type with spokes and a central knop. The front of the brooch is flat with a raised lip and a concentric framing band set in from the edge around the applied knop and spokes. The central knop is cylindrical with a conical top and a circular knop set at the apex. It has been separately applied and the end of the attachement spike can be seen on the back of the brooch. . Around it are arranged five quarter-round solid spokes (also separately applied).The front of the brooch is gilded. The back of the brooch is flat and retains traces of tinning/silvering. At the back is the hinge point for the missing pin and the remnant of the catchplate for the same. Similar to Hattatt, 2000, p345, No 123 (applied knop only) | 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
199 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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