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Description: | An incomplete and misshapen Roman copper-alloy enamelled zoomorphic plate brooch (AD 100-200). The brooch is in the form of a hare or hound.The ears, the tail, part of the hind leg and the pin and spring mechanism are missing.At the front there are four cells to accommodate enamel, three on the body and one forming the eye. However, no enamel has survived. On the body, two cells at the front are lozenge-shaped and the rear cell is comma-shaped. The recessed ring forming the cell for the eye is obscure. The hind leg would have projected forward. At the rear a complete catch-plate is situated behind the head and stubs of a pair of pin-lugs for the pin and spring mechanism is situated behind the rear quarters and above the rear leg.The brooch has a green patina and the breaks are old. There is a small deposit of corroded iron between the lugs and iron staining can be seen on the inner face of the catch-plate.Length: 31.6mm; width: 13.7mm; thickness of plate: 1.7mm; overall thickness including the catch-plate: 4.9mm. Weight: 2.59g.A similar brooch has been recorded from Hungerford, Berkshire (Hattatt 1987: 241, fig. 76. ref: 1191).Hattatt, R. 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxford.
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