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Description: | An incomplete enamelled copper alloy plate brooch dating to the period c. AD 100 - 300. The brooch consists of a lozengiform plate with a central recess containing champleve enamel decoration. It appears have have originally featured a lug at each angle, however, these have been heavily damaged and are largely missing. The lozengiform plate is raised above the lugs. The edge of the plate is decorated with a series of notches. There is a band of reserved metal around the edge. The recess is filled with enamel decoration consisting of four red circles, each with a white concentric band surrounding it in a field of blue. The centre of the red circles are hollow, but may have contained further enamel.The reverse of the plate is concave and appears turned. The reverse of one of the lugs set on the long axis features the stubs of two attachment lugs. The remains of the catchplate are visible on the opposite lug.Cf. Bayley & Butcher, 2004, p. 47, fig. 33.Mackreth, Vol. 2, p. 118, plate 115, no. 11645.The brooch measures 26.93mm in length, 16.93mm in width, is 6.25mm thick and weighs 2.80g.
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