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Description: | Copper alloy with enamelBrooch. Cast Headstud Brooch, Mackreth type Headstud 11.c, though with decorative detail resembling his 11.b, cf. plate 74 no. 7273. Tubular wings retain an axis bar and a cast hinged pin; these are concealed by a rectangular plate with a moulded step above it and bearing rectangular panels decorated with, described from their outer edges: a horizontally beaded rib or moulding; a vertical rib flanked by gutters; a flat field with three compartments, the central one retaining blue enamel and its upper and lower neighbours retaining (now) green tinted colorant; and a gutter flanking a further horizontally beaded rib. Viewed from above, the head is triangular. From this aspect a teardrop shaped moulding adjacent to the wings frames a bordered setting of diameter 6.8mm with a round central aperture of diameter 3.5mm beneath it. The latter is lined up with a further aperture in the foot of the brooch. This feature appears to have served as a setting for a separate stud (if so, it is now lost). The stud position is flanked by relief mouldings of comma shape on either side of the upper bow, whose tails extend to join, embellishing the bow below the stud. The bow then narrows with a groove along either side, tapering towards an unpierced and folded catch plate which is lightly grooved at its top, and a deeply beaded drum shaped pedestal foot. This bears a central aperture of diameter 4.5mm which, as noted above, aligns with the aperture at the head of the brooch. Suggested date: early Roman, 75-125.Length: 52.0mm, Width: 32.2mm, Thickness (crest of bow/stud position): 13.4mm, Weight: 23.52gms.
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