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Description: | Copper alloy brooch. Cast zoomorphic brooch in the form of a swimming duck, Mackreth type OBJECT 4.a1. An oval concavo-convex body has a thin neck and small head at one end and the stub of a loop at the tail. A small U-shaped folded catch plate is below the head, and two larger U shaped lugs with an axis bar between them retain the stub of a sheet metal pin at the tail. The back bears enamelled decoration comprising a row of eight crescentic cells on each folded wing, diminishing in their size from head to tail, and ten smaller crescentic cells along the centre of the back. A fan shaped arrangement of four triangular cells marks the tail. Where enamel survives it is in four mid blue cells on each wing, these alternating with cells retaining paler material under infiltrated dirt. The tint of enamel in these and the other cells is unknown. The eye of the duck now appears as a void, perhaps due to its incautious drilling or to wear. Suggested date: Early Roman, 150-200.Length: 36.9mm, Width: 18.8mm, Thickness (body wall): 1.5mm, Weight: 7.93gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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