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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy Roman symmetrical or ??equal-ended?? lozenge shaped plate brooch with probable tinning and enamel remains, dating to the 2nd century, between AD 100-200 (length: 41mm; width: 18mm; thickness at catchplate: 6.5mm; weight: 3.7g). The main body of this mostly flat-sectioned brooch is lozenge-shaped in plan with projections at the top and bottom. The lozenge-shaped central platform (length: 22.5mm; width: 18.5mm; thickness of plate: 1.5mm) has a delicately beaded border (width of outer border: 1mm) along the four outside edges, with the left corner slightly bent backwards. Within this beaded border, there is a slightly curved dip before the central lozenge platform (length: 17.5mm; width: 15mm) raises upwards to form another undecorated border (width of inner border: 2mm), which surrounds the central recessed lozenge area (length of recessed area: 12.5mm; width of recessed area: 11mm; approximate depth of recessed area: 0.5mm) where there appear to be traces of a yellow or white enamel. At the top and bottom corners of the central lozenge platform, there are moulded projections (length of top projection: 10mm; width of top projection: 6mm; thickness of top projection including hinge mechanism: 6.5mm; length of bottom projection: 10mm; width of bottom projection: 5.5mm; thickness of bottom projection at catchplate: 6.5mm). Each projection appears to be integral with the main body of the brooch with a small rib/ ridge at the bottom/ top as the projection continues from the central plate. Each projection then becomes narrow before expanding outwards again to accommodate for two ribs/ ridges with a bead in between them. At the back of the brooch, the complete cast copper alloy hinge mechanism is visible behind the top projection with the majority of the cast copper alloy pin still intact and placed between two lugs, which also has the remains of an iron axis bar that holds everything together (length of lugs: 5.5mm; width of lugs: 3.5mm; length of pin: 26mm). The pin reaches the top of the complete and integral copper alloy catchplate (length of catchplate: 11mm; width of catchplate: 5mm; thickness of catchplate: 0.8mm), which curls round to one side to hold the pin in place and attach the brooch to an item of clothing. A similar example is illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, pages 127-8, fig 97, ref no 364. | Subjects: | plate | 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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