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Description: | Copper alloy Dragonesque brooch head consisting of a long thing neck. The head is made from a curving teardrop shape, in the centre of which is a large ring and dot that has dark blue enamel in the ring and light blue enamel in the dot. At the point of the teardrop is a roundel (this form the snout of the beast) in the centre is a circular recess which would have held enamel. The top of the teardrop extends in to a sub-oval projection, one side of which is raised to form a pair of ears.This is possible a fragment of a Dragonesque brooch found on this site, see for the rest of the brooch GLO-186AD4
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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