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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch, dating to the 1st/2nd century, between AD 43 ?? 200 (length: 72.5mm; width at head and spring: 21mm; thickness/ depth: 36mm; weight: 22.3g). A large trumpet brooch and classified as a Group ??A??: a ??standard undecorated trumpet brooch with spring attached to a single lug, loose wire headloop and full-round waist-moulding??, as discussed by Bayley & Butcher (2004; page 92) (see bibliographical details below). At the top of the artefact, an irregular, sub-oval and large loose wire headloop (approximate length: 14mm) protrudes up from the back of the brooch and is interlinked with the spring. At the top of the head of the brooch, there is a slight protrusion (length: 2.5mm) from the single lug in the centre of the outside edge. The head itself is wide (width: 18.5mm) and oval in plan and hollow at the back to hold the spring. There is a slightly raised border around the outside edge of the head (width: 1.5mm). The head dramatically narrows (width: 4mm) to form the oval-sectioned neck of the bow, before expands slightly outwards again (width: 6.5mm) before reaching the central moulding. The waist moulding is, as mentioned above, full-round with two raised ribs: one each side (upper and lower) of the central ??acanthus?? that continues round to the back of the brooch. Each rib has small irregularly-placed and slightly slanted incised linear markings placed length-wise. Approximately 5.5mm below the moulded decoration, the bow has been completely broken in the past (a modern break?), but has been placed back together. However, the bottom of the bow (length: 30mm) has a triangular section with a ridge running down the centre and is still bent slightly out of shape to the right with a slim border (width: 1mm) to left and right, which is marked by a single linear incision either side. The bottom of the bow tapers from a width of 7mm immediately below the moulding to 3mm above the foot. The foot of the brooch is ??drum-shaped?? and has been cast in one with the bow. The foot is flat with three ribs, the central of which also has slightly slanted incised linear markings placed length-wise, like that on the on the central moulding. At the base of the foot, there is a slight border around the outside edge, as well as a smaller central border (width: 1mm) surrounding a small hole (diameter: 2mm). At the back of the brooch, the cast copper alloy spring is still intact with six turns: three either side of the central single lug, with another loop running underneath the spring. A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy pin stretches out from the spring and reaches the catchplate with a length of 36mm. The central moulding continues to the back of the brooch and the complete but slightly broken catchplate still remains and is curled to one side to allow the pin (now slightly missing) to be held in place when the brooch was fastened to an item of clothing. Due to the break on the bow, the catchplate has been slightly broken away from the back of the bow. Overall, the brooch is in a slightly worn but good condition with a dark green patina. Similar examples of trumpet brooches are illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, pages 92-3, fig 73, ref nos 216-7 and pages 160-1, fig 130, ref no T 158A. Bayley & Butcher state (page 160) that the brooches are ??the most original products of the British brooch industry in the Roman period?? and the original for the Group A type can be dated to the first century. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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