Suffolk County Council, Faye Minter, 2003-11-11 10:39:16
Title
Brooch
Description
English: Copper alloy enamelled animal brooch, hare/hound series. Complete except for the enamel in the centre cell. The pin is sprung between two lugs 5mm apart. The surviving enamel in the front and back cells is blue; the colour of the dot for the eye is unclear. There are traces of ?solder (probably a white metal strip attached to the surface) around the edges of the enamel cells on the body and around the eye. Length 37mm, height (paw to ear tip) 21mm, plate is 2mm thick. The animal is probably a dog - based on tail, snout and paw shapes; however the crouched legs are more like the hares in this group. See discussion by Hattatt 1987, 240 about the difficulties in distinguishing the two groups, where he suggests that dogs are much less common than hares. It is also suggested that these are a British type.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Suffolk
Date
between 100 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 36169 Old ref: SF9225 Filename: WKS003sf467sf9225.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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