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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch. The plate is in the form of a stylised bird. The head is turned to the right with a small beak and small circular depression for the eye. The neck is curved. At either side is a curving comma-shaped wing. The wings are framed by reserves of metal around the edges providing recesses for enamel (missing). The body, flanked by the wings, is similarly recessed and expands into a fanned tail. At the base of the tail is a broken, slightly off-centre, loop. At the back behind the head is the stub of the catch plate. Behind the tail is one complete and one broken pierced lug for the attachment of an axis bar for a hinged pin mechanism.No traces of the enamel remain.Date: Roman - 2nd centuryDimensions: 32.75 mm x 20.69 mm x 2.25 mmWeight: 4.77 gSeveral almost identical brooches are recorded on the database : LIN-C696A3, SF-4B3854, YORM-BFAC81A number of different types of bird brooches were recorded by Hattatt, although none are the same as this and the other examples cited above. The dating is based on that given for those published in A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, 2000, page 361, Fig. 220, numbers 1115 & 617 in particular.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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