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Description: | Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, 45mm long and 16mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a brown patrina and weighs 8.89grams. The brooch has a sub-spherical head which is decorated with raised lines containing red and blue enamel. The cells are divided into two with mirror images of a semi circular motif and a triangle in the inner corner. The bow continues with an acanthus scroll and the lower part is decorated with triangular cells divided by a central vertical line which also have traces of enamel.
The brooch has traces of a suspension loop on its upper surface and the base of the bow, which has snapped off, has traces of a long catchplate. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Scott, Wendy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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