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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Trumpet derived Alcester type. Missing pin, headloop, most of catchplate, foot terminal detail; very corroded. The spring is held between lugs at each edge of the trumpet head. The mid bow flange is a solid hemisphereand joins the bottom edge of the trumpet head at the back. The corroded traces of silver inlay decoration include single "eye" dots and a centre band on the head, probable dots on the flange and two ring and dots shapes on the flat lower bow. Width 10mm, surviving length 32mm. Type as Hattatt no. 1539; a very similar example is published from Hacheston (Blagg et al 2004, EAA 106, 998-99 no.149). | 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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