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Description: | Roman copper alloy dragonesque plate brooch, measuring 42.4x22.6x1.9mm and weighing 7.18g. It is of the unenamelled type.
The brooch is apparantly complete though a little worn on its terminals (head and foot). It is in the form of an S-shaped plate with the head and foot forming the top and bottom of the S. The decoration is at the cente of the body and comprises a grooved-ring-and-pierced-dot.
The brooch is slightly rounded on both sides except for the reverse of the central part of the body, which is hollowed. This also has a little iron staining.
The head comprises a brow ridge and a snout which curve downwards and join up with a ?jaw to create an open area between. This is not a common feature of dragonesque brooches though can be seen on Hattatt no.609 (it is possible this is an interpretation of the design as this is a much plainer version of the more typical dragonesques). At this point the jaw also connects with the body of the S below it to create another, larger open area behind the head. This is a more common feature and usually where the pin curls around the neck on other dragonesque brooches. However on this example an additional open area behind this (at the top of the body of the S) has signs of wear (or its a very thin edge) so perhaps this is where the pin was fixed (again, this may be interpretation of the known style). In the same place at the bottom of the body of the S is another open area of the same dimensions as the first, also worn to the outside edge (or very thin edge). Perhaps this was for securing the other end of the pin, though this does not fit with the wear. Maybe then this brooch was designed to worn either way up, or both edges were fortuitously thin.
The tail is trifurcated and perhaps originally had thin edges joining these and creating two more open areas to balance the head.
Dragonesque brooches date from the second half of the first century to the second century and are thought to be a British invention, probably being made in the north as this is where the concentration are found. | Subjects: | Plate Dragonesque | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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