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Description: | A Roman Period, Copper Alloy Horse and Rider Plate Brooch facing right; 21.83mm in length, 16.94mm wide and 7.55mm thick. The Brooch weighs 2.72g and has 5 enamel cells.The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section with a sub triangular protrusion representing the rider, and a sub rectangular one as part of the horses neck. This gives the body of the rider and horse, while two sub rectangular protrusions on the bottom of the object represent part of the fore and hind limbs.The horse portion is decorated with 3 enamel cells. The first cell is semicircular and runs between neck and forelimb, containing no enamel, while a linear cell runs along the base of the object and curves into the horses rump. A third cell exists between these cells being circular and containing no enamel.The rider is decorated with 2 cells both of which are sub circular. One cell is located where the front of the rider on the horse would be, while a second runs up the centre of the rider both of which contain red enamel.The reverse of the brooch shows a copper alloy catch plate which runs for the length of the forelimb. A copper alloy spring is located in the hind quarters of the horse, and seems to be a circular lug surrounded by iron staining.
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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