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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy and enamel Roman plate zoomorphic brooch in the form of a horse. It is missing the foreleg, a fragment of the rear leg, the tail and the pin. The enamel has survived well as an elongated S on its side in the body of the horse. Two recesses filled with yellow enamle and two recesses filled with blue enamel survive. A central red enamel area is flanked either side by a now blue-ish white enamel. Both foreleg and rear leg extend from below the latter two enamel areas, the foreleg is missing. The tail projects a little way outwards before extending downwards, and the neck is decorated to the left edge with tiny diagonal grooves to indicate the mane, the head is complete, the is a filled recess for the eye. On the reverse lug to hold the spring and pin is damaged, the pin is missing. The curl of the catchplate is missing. Cf. Hattatt no.1182, with simlar mane and body decoration.The brooch is 28.5mm in length, 18.9mm wide, 5.9mm thick and weighs 3.39 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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