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Description: | Copper alloyBrooch. Skeuomorphic Plate Brooch, of axe form (Hattatt 1987, 220-2, fig, 69c, drawn from Hull's corpus). Flat brooch with square suspension loop above a double-headed axe; the lower edge of the axe is rendered as concave, but other features are generally straight. A three-coil spring engages an unpierced folded catch-plate on the reverse. Enamel survives extensively on the display face in shallow compartments: there is dark blue enamel on the upper face of the axe head, with a narrow curvilinear strip of red enamel in a curvilinear compartment below. The handle is divided into zones of dark blue with red below, though here the compartment is not visibly subdivided. Two small silvery patches occur on the edge of the ribs defining the compartments; these appear to overlie the copper alloy, though whether they represent relict plating or splashes of more recent solder is uncertain.Suggested date: Early Roman, 150-200.Length: 29.57mm, Width: 23.29mm, Thickness (plate): 1.56mm, Weight: 4.15gms.
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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