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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-7B1964
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and red and blue enamel brooch. Zoomorphic plate brooch, representing a swimming duck, Mackreth type OBJECT 4.a2. . A sub-rectangular oval ended plate bears a medial ridge flanked by sub-triangular gutters retaining traces of red colorant. Outside these are sub-triangular fields of mid blue enamel applied directly to the surface of the brooch; the wider end of the fields being towards the head of the duck. An arched neck and long slightly upturned beak rise at right angles to the plate. The stub of a catch plate is discernible below the head end of the plate, and a tiny two coiled spring on an axis bar remains below its tail end. Suggested date: Early Roman, 150-160.
Length: 27.4mm, Width: 8.7mm, Height (clear of fastening gear): 10.5mm, Weight: 2.17gms
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Mackreth type OBJECT 4.a2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 160
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Height: 10.5 mm
Width: 8.7 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21754a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fridaythorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8759
Four figure Latitude: 54.019681
Four figure longitude: -0.673627
1:25K map: SE8759
1:10K map: SE85NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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