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Description: | A copper alloy hinged bow and fantail brooch dating from the early Roman period (43-200AD). It is 52mm long, 19.2mm wide and 12.8mm thick. The wings are complete with a tubular case holding the axis bar for the hinged pin. The pin is incomplete and is housed within a cut notch. The pin itself has a stepped profile; in cross section it is sub-rectangular. About half of it survives but it is bent. From the top / head of the brooch a small head loop extends. This loop is heavily worn (by wear / use abrasion rather than plough damage) on the upper left hand edge and the loop is distorted in this direction. The bow is rectangular in cross section. It tapers to a mid point where it flares with a centrally positioned circular boss flanked by rectangular transverse bands above and below, from which the fantail extends. On the reverse of the tail a single rib extends to form a sub-triangular catch plate but the turnover does not survive. The front face of the brooch is decorated with both cast and enamelled designs. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The decoration on the front face can be split into several zones. The first enamelled area is the circular boss which has a central circular cell which contains only corrosion. The transverse band below the boss is formed of three bands. The enamelling on the fantail is in the form of two blue pointed oval cells, extending into the bottom corners. There is a blue circle above, which has a red centre. The background is also red. The surface of the wings of the brooch has also been decorated with vertical cast bars. The brooch is a mid green colour with an even but abraded patina. The tail of the brooch is bent forwards. Similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt??s Visual Catalogue of Roman brooches, page 315. | Subjects: | bow and fantail | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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