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Description: | A Roman period, copper alloy Horse and rider plate brooch facing right; 24.25mm long, 20.51mm wide and 5.8mm thick. The Brooch weighs 1.8g and is decorated with seven enamel cells.The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with two sub rectangular protrusions above which represent the rider and the horses neck and part of a head. The base of the object has two smaller protrusions to create the fore and hind limbs of the animal.The horse portion of the brooch is decorated with four cells, none of which contain enamel. The first is linear in nature and runs from the midpoint of the object to before curving into the horses rump. A pair of sub circular cells exist between neck and forelimb with a small portion of a sub circular cell dividing the two parts.The rider portion of the brooch is decorated with three cells. Two sub circular cells exist at the base of the rider, both containing traces of blue enamel. A final cell runs along the neck of the rider.The reverse of the brooch consists of a copper alloy catch plate running along the base of the object, and part of the spring which features in the rump, iron staining surrounds the spring. A small section of the rear of the horse shows encrustation of staining black in colour.
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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