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Description: | The object is a probable derivative of a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, of the Trumpet type. The brooch dates to the Roman period or first to second century AD (75 AD -175 AD). The brooch is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete.
In plan the brooch head is sub-rectangular while the reverse of the head is recessed. At either side of the head, are the remains of two incomplete reward facing lugs. The lugs would have been used to support, an axis bar, the spring gear and the pin. Unfortunately all of these items are now missing. A slightly rough surface at the very top of the brooch, suggests that it originally had a chain loop, which is now missing. In cross-section the brooch head is sub-triangular. The top of the head is flat and is decorated by two moulded grooves laid out in a V-shape design. The side of the head is decorated by five roughly longitudinal grooves and two inverted triangular mouldings. The mouldings are positioned laterally, either side of the head, off the V-shaped grooves above.
In profile the brooch downturns quickly, curving slightly, before extending backwards underneath the head. Only the upper part of the bow is curved. In plan the bow is narrow, and is roughly the same width along its length until the bow leg, where it tapers slightly to form a blunt point. In cross-section the upper part of the bow is D-shaped, with a rounded front edge, and a flat reverse. The front of the bow is very abraded making any decoration indistinct. The outline of a possible median rib, running longitudinally down the top of the bow is noticeable in places. The rib appears to be flanked by two pairs of oval mouldings placed laterally, at alternate angles to one another. Directly below the second pair of mouldings, the shape of the bow changes. Rather than being D-shaped in cross-section the bow becomes sub-circular and slightly thicker. The possible outline of a third pair of sub-oval mouldings is evident at the base of this thicker area, again they are very indistinct. Below the thicker area the bow leg tapers slightly to form a blunt point with no foot. The catchplate is small and sub-triangular in profile. It is 15.5mm long by 7.0mm wide. The catchplate does not have a pin rest.
The brooch is a golden copper colour on the bow leg and the brooch head, where it has been cleaned, the rest of the brooch is mid-green in colour. The damage is in a poor condition due to the amount of abrasion and damage. The length of the brooch from upper edge of the head to the foot is 39.2mm, the width across the head is 15.7mm, the thickness at the head is 20.6mm and the weight is 8.53g. | Subjects: | Trumpet Colchester Two-Piece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Housley, Sarah - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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