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Description: | A copper Alloy Knee Brooch with some gold plating measuring 32.23 mm long, 15.41 mm wide, 7.07 mm thick and weighing 7.03 grams.The brooch is complete but for the missing pin. The spring cover, spring, bow, foot and catch-plate are present.The crescent shaped spring cover is decorated with a border of circular incisions. Gold plating survives within these incisions as well as on the rest of the spring cover.The iron spring under the spring cover is severely corroded but the remains of the copper alloy spring hook have held it in place under the spring cover. The spring consists of four coils and is externally chorded.The bow is D-shaped in section and bulges out at the top of the bow curve, tapering at the top of the foot before flaring out again at the bow terminus. Gold plating remains on the bow.The catch-plate is un perforated.Knee brooches are dated between AD 150 and AD 250.
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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