2nd-3rd century AD. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a frog with splayed limbs, its D-shaped head provided with prominent lugs with black glass eyes; on the frog's arched back two rectangular panels of yellow-grey enamel with inset white enamel points.

PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. frog brooches in Benet's Artefacts of England, items R07-0545, 0546.