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Description: | Roman copper-alloy oval plate brooch with gilt decoration. Brooches of this type are dated by Hattatt from circa 250 AD into the fifth century. The brooch consists of an oval plate with an undecorated, flat central boss. The boss would most likely have originally held a glass 'jewel' or similar, but this has now been lost. Encircling this boss is a ridge, then three lines of rope-patterned punch marks, followed by another ridge. This decoration is gilded and much of the gilding survives. The decoration itself, however, is heavily damaged and most of it has broken away. A small fragment of gilded, punched decoration, 9.2mm in length, was found together with the brooch and appears to have once been part of it.
The reverse of the brooch is heavily corroded. The pin itself, however, has now been lost. The remains of the damaged double lug and the catchplate can be seen, across the longest axis of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch has been tinned. The exposed copper-alloy is a pitted mid brownish-green colour. The brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, p167, fig. 71. | Subjects: | oval plate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Booth, Anna | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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