quoit brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1970,0406.1382
Description: Part of penannular quoit brooch: curved fragment of silver with one end turned back on the rest, forming a terminal pin catch. Decorated with parts of two incised circles; profile of recurved terminal suggests shape of horse's head. On the surviving part of the brooch ring there are faint indications of ?milled or pecked borders with faint indications of a row of triangular motifs.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Mucking, cremation 607 cemetery II, cremations
Materials
Technique: incised; pecked
Dimensions: Length: 27 millimetres; Weight: 2.90 grammes; Width: 13 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1970
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1970,0406.1382

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