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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy brooch with copper pin. The brooch is a '+' in plan, made up of four circular domed knops arranged around a slightly larger central domed knop. The reverse of the knops are flat and three of the knops have a hollow underside while the remaining two opposing knops are solid as they support the pin and catchplate mechinisms seperately. The pin is not sprung, rather it is mounted onto a simple bar that swivels between two small protruding lugs pierced to take the bar. The brooch is in very good condition, of substantial construction and is covered in a nice greeny-blue patina. The style of the brooch suggests an Iron Age date but it is a very unusual style of brooch and no comparisions could be found in any of Hattatt's publications. There is one similar brooch recorded on the database; WAW-DD1642, although again this is not an exact comparision. In this record, it is noted that the brooch style shares decorative similarities to the hangers from a chatelaine/distributor from Giubiasco, Switzerland (Jope, E.M. 2000 Early Celtic Art in the British Isles Clarendon Press Oxford, p. 285 No. 225 h).
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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