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Description: | Cast, copper alloy plate brooch. Rectangular with a raised rim and decorated with the side view of a fish. The fish has a fin on the upper body and two on the underside which are bronze extensions. The tips of the fins tough the edges of the brooch, thereby dividing the field around the fish into four parts, all filled with red enamel. The head is defined by a simple hiorizontal line for the mouth and a small circular cell with a raised pellet for an eye. Behind the head there is a C-shaped high relief line which forms a semi-circular cell, filled with red enamel. In the mid-body section is a large raised pellet with two smaller pellets receding into the tail section. The internal enamel has all gone but there may be a very faint trace of blue. The reverse has a much abraded catchplate. The opposite edge has two parallel lugs which support an axis bar. Around the axis bar, one loop of the spring survives but the pin is missing. The brooch has been conserved by Reading Museum in 1983. For similar examples see Hattatt (2012 349 no. 1098) and PAS ref. SUR-36BA57.
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