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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Dragonesque brooch dating to the Early Roman period, c. AD 50 -100. The brooch consists of the head, body and pin but is missing a small section of the head and the foot is entirely absent. The brooch is broadly S-shaped and generally these brooches take the form of a pair of symmetrical zoomorphic heads forming the head and foot of the brooch. The head of the brooch is a stylised zoomorphic head; the upper portion of the brooch consists of a rounded area with a raised oval knop and a pellet of blue enamel, representing the animal's ear. Below this is a deep circular hollow representing an eye, which once possibly contained enamel, although no traces remain. Beneath the eye, there is a pellet of red enamel and this borders a crescent shaped opening, which possibly represents this mouth, however this appears to be broken in the past and is therefore incomplete. The 'chin' of the head forms the attachment between the head and body of the brooch.Behind the head there is a sub-circular opening which houses the complete pin, which moves freely. The pin is D-shaped in cross-section, with a steeply arched bow which tapers to a flattened sharp point. The body of the brooch forms a pointed curving oval, which has a slight raised dome that follows the curve of the edges of the brooch. This area is decorated with red and blue enamel, consisting of a central design made of triangles and curving rectangular inlays on either side. This form of decoration is broadly similar to No. 1655 in Hattatt (2000, 351). The lower portion of the body tapers to a rounded point which is where the brooch foot would have formerly been attached. The reverse of the brooch has several flat areas but the top of the brooch behind the ear is concave, as is the reverse of the body.This example measures 45.2 mm in length (brooch plate), 48.8 mm long (pin), 26.4 mm wide, 11.3 mm thick and weighs 48.8 g.There are a number of Dragonesque brooches recorded on the database, NLM-7F7AA1 and DOR-AC1CE2 are broadly similar to this object.
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