English: A copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a swimming duck, dating to the 2nd to mid 3rd century AD. The body of the brooch is oval in plan and convex in section. Remnants of white metal coating survive on its upper surface. The neck and head of the duck, represented by an oval sectioned extension, protrude from one end and is broken. There are two C-shaped grooves on the body of the brooch representing wings and a circular sectioned cell at the tip of the tail. These would have originally contained enamel. The underside of the brooch is hollow. There are two semi-circular lugs at the tail end of the brooch secure the pin of which a small part remains in situ. Most of the pin is missing, although iron corrosion on the underside suggest that the axis bar for the hinged pin was made of iron. The catchplate is also semi-circular. The brooch measures 34mm in length, 16mm in width, 15mm in thickness. Similar zoomorphic brooches can be seen in ‘A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt’s Ancient Brooches’ (2000: Oxbow; Oxford. page 360 figure 219). The closest parallels to this ‘Duck’ brooch are examples 168, 169, 621, 1165, and 1166.