English: Incomplete copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a Ladybird. The brooch is flat and roughly oval in plan, with an enamelled decoration depicting the features of the wings, head and spots. The two wing panels are filled with blue enamel and are defined by a perimeter of black enamel. Both wings contain a spot of black enamel in the centre, thus depicting the brooch as a 'Two-spotted Ladybird'. The head is now roughly triangular in shape, and due to the damage around the perimeter in this area it is difficult to tell if this was intentional or whether it was once more rounded. The snout however is fairly elongated and does pass beyond the extent of the oval that the wings would make. The mid-rib of black enamel seen on back of the ladybird continues down the centre of the head and terminates at the tip of the snout. The cells to either side of the line are both very worn and it is not clear whether the eyes are depicted or not. On the ladybirds left side there is a very worn pellet of black enamel surrounded by green enamel, which could be representative of an eye, however on the right hand side there is just green enamel.

There is a very worn spring mechanism on the reverse of the rear end of the bug. The spring looks to have five or six turns to it and is held on an axis bar which itself it secured either side through a pair of lugs. There is an incomplete catchplate on the reverse of the head. The pin is missing.

It is curious why the manufacturer depicted the wings with blue enamel, particularly when the more representational red enamel appears to have been in common supply at the time judging from the array of other zoomorphic plate brooches.

A parallel to other Ladybird brooches could not be found at the time of recording (11.1.07).