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Description: | A cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Dolphin brooch, with a spring mechanism.
The brooch has long wings, each decorated with two sets of five incised lines. There is one set either side of the head and the other set is located at the opposite terminal. The wings are slightly concave on the reverse and the entire spring mechanism has been lost. The reverse of the wings are very corroded.
The head of the brooch is wide and rounded and has a hole drilled through the top. This hole still contains a rivet or similar fitting. The head has three facets.
The bow has a D-shaped section, tapering to the foot. Down the spine of the brooch there is some decoration. Two parallel incised lines run the length of the bow.
The foot is badly damaged and the catchplate is also broken and worn away. The pin is missing.
The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour.
This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p298-9, Fig. 157-8. | 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: | 43
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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