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Description: | A copper-alloy brooch of Roman date. Zoomorphic brooch in the form of a swimming duck. Probably dates from the mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD. The head and neck are heavily stylized; the beak, in particular, being of exaggerated size and deeply curved. The only other features on the head are two small ring and dot eyes filled with blue enamel. The body has a slightly raised upper surface and tapers in thickness from the neck to tail end. The two wings - one on either side of the body - are recessed and filled with blue enamel. The central portion of the back and the tail are represented by a triangle which decreases in width from the tail to neck end and is defined by raised ribs, including a central rib which extends down the middle of the triangle and on to the lower part of the neck. These ribs are finished off on top with silver beading, some of which survives. The spaces in between contain a darker, possibly black, enamel. A ring at the end of the tail probably served as a point of attachment for a chain. The underside of the body is flat. The pin attachment is at the tail end and consists of two vertical plates with an axis bar in between. Part of the copper-alloy pin survives and is wound several times around the axis bar. The catchplate at the opposite end is damaged. Overall, the object measures 31.5mm long by 8.5mm wide and 18mm high. It weighs 2.87g. | 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: | 50
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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