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Description: | A very corroded and damaged copper alloy brooch. The object is generally mid to light green in colour with areas of mid brown and dark pink. The brooch is sub-circular ring shaped with an open circular centre. It is formed by coils of solid wire which overlap and intermesh. The wires are a flattened oval in section and measure 2.19mm thick and 3.21mm wide. The terminals of the wires on the front and back are broken off and ragged. There is no decoration visible on the wires. On the reverse there are two small semi-circular upstanding tabs of metal located on the inner edge of the brooch and these may represent the attachment and locking sites for a pin (which does not survive). The object urgently needs stabilisation and conservation.Assessment: A very similar brooch was found not far away from the current object. The wires on that brooch were circular in section and on the front the terminals formed flattened tear drop shapes representing the stylised heads of serpents, while on the back the terminals were butt ended. On the front of the brooch there was raised decoration visible along the wires which may have represented scales, and on one coil there was what appeared to be the representation of a foot or claw. This may suggest that the creatures in the two brooches are in fact intended to be dragons rather than serpents.A very similar object has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme website (NARC-068077). That artefact was assessed as "probably post-medieval in date".
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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