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Description: | Roman copper alloy, tinned and enamelled Umbonate Plate brooch with hinge mechanism. It is complete although the chain loop has been damaged. Measures 35.3x27.4mm and weighs 6.2g.
The brooch is domed to the front circled by a wide, deep channel. At the centre is a 1.6mm diameter piercing, for a now missing knop. From this piercing radiate twelve triangular cells, alternately filled with red and blue enamel. The dome is 18mm in diameter and tinning survives around the base.
Around the channel is an edge (with tinning) and four peripheral, equidistant lugs, the damaged loop extending from that in front of the hinge mechanism. The lug in front of the catchplate has a rounded knop mounted on it.
To the reverse the pin and catchplate are complete, although there is a crack in the channel just above the catchplate.
Cf. Hattatt 1063 for decoration.
This type of Umbonate brooch originates in the 1st century and probably extended in use into the middle of the 2nd century. They are a native British type. | Subjects: | Umbonate Plate | 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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