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Description: | Copper alloy brooch. Cast plate brooch in the form of a nesting hen, Mackreth type OBJECT 4.b.1. A concavo-convex oval body is hollow below, but a solid neck rises diagonally to a combed and wattled head; the stub of flat tail feathers balances this at the other end. Enamel survives on one side of a bipartite scheme, with paired crescents on the back and three or more further rhomboid cells along the folded wings. The remaining enamel is of a mid blue tint. The stub of a catch plate projects below the bird's breast, with paired lugs for the pin below the tail. Abraded, with aggressive pale deposits suggesting bronze disease within the body. Suggested date: Early Roman, 150-200.Length: 32.3mm, Height: 26.2mm, Width: 15.2mm, Thickness (wall of body): 1.6mm, Weight: 6.77gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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