equal-arm brooch
- Museum number
- OA.1331
- Description
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Copper alloy, equal-arm brooch; bow in centre; two cross-bars punched with rings and dots; long triangular terminals similarly decorated, one end missing, the other with small lobes.
- Production date
- 7thC-8thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 5.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hamilton was British Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Naples, 1764-1800, and it is assumed that the M&LA Hamilton pieces came from the region of Magna Graecia, as did the bulk of his collection.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1772
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.1331
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1772,0309.62 (G&R Number)
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Miscellaneous number: H.62 (Hamilton Collection)