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Description: | Cast copper alloy headstud brooch. Only the upper part of the bow and the head remain. The bow is oval in cross-section and flares where it adjoins the head. Each wing face is flat and contains an enamelled decoration in the form of a triskele, the arms of which are of blue enamel. If there was any enamel in the surrounding field, it has now decayed. The wing faces hide a semi-circular compartment behind containing partial remains of a spring. The stud itself was of the separate riveted type, probably coral, but it is now missing. The socket in which it was fitted has the stub of a copper-alloy rivet at its base. There is a broken suspension loop at the top.
The headstud brooch is a native British type, and the enamelled decoration on the present example reflects the influence of Celtic art. | 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: | 70
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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