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Description: | Roman brooch; incomplete cast copper alloy dolphin brooch of 1st or 2nd century date. The brooch has short, stubby wings with no suspension loop. (The presence of decoration at the point where the suspension loop would normally be indicates that there was never one on this brooch.) The wings are cylindrical and enclose the pin bar, which is still present. The remains of the hinged pin are also still present, although it is broken off just below the hinge. The bow is very narrow and shallowly curved, tapering slightly before flaring to a small knop at the foot. The catchplate is missing. The brooch is decorated on each wing with three small, rectangular panels of enamel running vertically down the wing. The middle panel is blue and the panels on either side are red. There are incised, transverse lines between the enamel and the head of the brooch and there is some hatching along the top of the wings (where the suspension loop could be expected). The bow seems undecorated, although there are traces of gilding on bow and wings.Length 50.1mm, width (wings) 22.4mm, width (bow) 4.6mm, thickness (front of bow to back of wings) 17.6mm, weight 10.73gRef: Hattatt 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches' (pp. 299, fig. 158)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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