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Description: | A Roman enamelled plate brooch in the form of a stag running to the right. the lower parts of both visible legs are missing. The long head of the stag is well modelled; the mouth drops open and the large eye is oval, framing a central dot. An ear projects below the antlers which are joined together to form a loop. The back of the curving neck is notched and the notching extends to the back and to both haunches. The back of the stag is additionally decorated with longer diagonal grooves.The stag is decorated with two enamelled panels. The larger is L-shaped and extends along the neck and covers most of the body. The other is smaller and circular and fills the rump. Within the larger panel, above the forelimbs, is a circular setting reserved against the enamel. This may have contained a bead.On the flat back the catchplate largely survives along with the hinge, the latter containing the remains of an iron pin.This fine brooch is likely to be of Continental workmanship.
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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