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Description: | Copper alloy brooch. Knee brooch, Mackreth type1.b2. A cast D section bow with a fan shaped head plate with a spring case behind it retains a square section axis bar with its ends in small holes at the surviving edges of the case. Two coils of a tiny spring are visible, though broken with loss of the pin. The bow tapers towards a rounded foot with the stub of a catch plate behind it. A patch of brick red enamel remains on the fan shaped plate at the head. It is also possible that texture, or even cells, on the convex face of the bow have been lost to wear. Suggested date: Roman, 150-225.Length: 25.7mm, Width: 8.7mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 1.4mm, Weight: 2.07gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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