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Description: | A Roman period, copper alloy Horse and Rider plate brooch facing right; 25.09mm long, 19.46mm wide and 5.7mm thick. The Brooch weighs 2.4g and is decorated with four enamel cells.The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; and has two upper protrusions, one sub rectangular making the horses neck and head; and sub triangular representing the rider. Two sub rectangular protrusion on the base of the object give partial fore and hind limbs; while a final protrusion on the left of the horse represents a complete tail.The horse portion of the brooch is decorated with two cells; one cell runs between neck and forelimb, contains blue enamel and is semicircular in shape. While a second linear cell, also partially filled with blue enamel runs along the base of the object before curving into the rump of the horse. A number of scratches along the top of the neck may represent a mane, while a small depression in the centre of the head suggests an eye.The rider represented on the brooch is decorated with two cells, both of which contain no enamel. The first cell run down the front of the rider ending mid way into the horse, while a second circular cell exists behind this. The rider again has hair represented by a number of scratches and an eye represented by a circular depression in the centre of the face. A nose and mouth are also present, suggested by a small triangular protrusion on the right of the face.The reverse of the brooch consists of a copper alloy catch plate running above the horse's forelimb, and spring located on the hind quarters with traces of 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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