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Description: | Copper alloy Brooch. Knee Brooch, Mackreth type KNEE Br 1.b1. A rectangular spring case, open behind and surmounted by the stubs of a top loop, retains six coils of a tiny spring and the stub of a pin on an axis bar. The case is met by a bulbous concavo-convex bow, which tapers sharply from its mid point to a small out-turned foot with a folded catch plate behind it. The knee brooch is a type thought to be associated with a military presence. Suggested date: Later Roman, 200-300.Length: 26.3mm, Width: 9.4mm, Thickness (immediately below spring case): 2.1mm, Weight: 2.48gms.
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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