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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy Dragonesque brooch. The S-shaped body has two terminals which take the form of a head with curved snout, although both heads are incomplete. Bayley and Butcher (2004, p123) identify these as characteristics of the Dragonesque brooch, the heads of which also have large ears and a circular sinking representing the eye. The ears are missing on this example, and the poor surface condition mean that the detail around the area of the eyes is unclear. Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p 123) state that the pin [used to secure the brooch to a garment] is looped around one of the necks and is secured by that at the opposite end. The brooch has an area of iron corrosion around one neck, suggesting that the pin may have been made of iron. The reverse of the brooch is plain, and slightly depressed (concave) at the centre. The brooch weighs 6.91g and is 35.29mm long, 16.38mm wide and 4.22mm thick.
The body of the brooch is decorated with small depressions at the centre, and larger depressions towards the neck and terminals. This is consistent with the type: Bayley and Butcher (ibid.) state that the centre of the plate bears conventional decoration, usually enamelled. There is no evidence of enamelling on this example. The brooch has a green surface, and appears to have been recently coated in a waxy substance.
Bayley and Butcher identify the dragonesque brooch as a development in British made plate brooches (ibid. p 171). They note that the distribution is mainly in Britain, with a marked concentration in the North, where they were presumably made (p172). Based on a review of literature, Worrell (unpublished, 2007) dates Dragonesque brooches to AD 75-175. | Subjects: | Dragonesque | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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