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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Dolphin type brooch. The surface of the brooch has been tinned ? but only traces remain. The brooch has a spring mechanism, held in place by an external chord. The external chord has in turn been held in place by the head of the brooch which has been moulded around the shape of the spring and holes have been wrought through the copper alloy in order to allow the wire of the external chord and the central section of the spring to pass through it. The spring has been damaged so not all of the turns survive. The pin is also missing.
The head proper of the brooch comprises the short wings and the mechanism for holding the spring in place. The wings have been decorated with vertical ridges, four on either side of the bow. The two ridges nearest the bow have been further decorated with parallel horizontal incised lines. The head of the bow has a large prominent ridge, decorated with three parallel horizontal incised lines. This main ridge then tapers to the foot. Parallel to this ridge, two other shallower ridges can be seen on either side. Traces of tinning can be seen in the grooves. There does appear to be some dotted decorated onto the lower part of the bow.
The bow terminates with the foot which is undecorated and simple. Behind the foot an openwork catchplate still survives. A circular hole has been drilled or punched through the catchplate. The catchplate has been decorated (on the flat side ? not the side where the pin would rest). An incised line has been drawn around the catchplate and further decorated with a zigzag incised lines. The outer edge of the catchplate proper (where the pin rests) has been decorated with a double zigzag incised line. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated.
This type of brooch dates from the 1st century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p298, Fig: 157. | 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: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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