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Description: | Cast copper alloy and enamel mount or stud from the late Iron Age- early Roman period.It is circular in plan, flat on the top (enamelled face) and curved on the base. The base is plain and shows no obvious traces of attachment or remains of a stud. The front is split into three rows of three cells by raised lines of copper alloy. This gives a chequerboard pattern. The cells are filled with enamel, alternating red and yellow.Chequerboard enamelling can be seen on other Iron Age objects such as harness equipment, for example two linch pins recorded on the PAS database as WMID-947693 and YORYM-B3FDA2. The use of polychrome enamels on geometric chequerboard native style metalwork, as on the linch pins from Hatherton, Staffs. and Hotham, E. Yorks. is a widespread trend in Britain dating from c. AD 40-80 (Davis & Gwilt 2008, 162-171). However chequerboard enamel is also used Roman brooches in the 2nd century AD so it is a tradition which continues, for example see the Wirral brooches recorded on the database.
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