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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a rabbit with young. Only the bottom half of the brooch survives, the remainder including the extremities of the rabbit now missing due to old breaks. The front face of the brooch is slightly convex and decorated with two small cells in the shape of rabbits facing each other, possibly to represent offspring or young. These are separated by an incised six pointed star and would have once been enamelled, however no trace of the enamel survives. On the back face of the brooch is a small, corroded lug that would presumably have held an iron pin. The back is flat with the exception of a small transverse rectangular band that runs from the lug towards where the catchplate would be if it survived intact. The surviving fragment measures 17.98mm in width, 9.29mm in height, 2.45mm in thickness, and weighs 1.52g.
Parallels for this brooch are noted in Hattatt nos. 1632 and 1633, and are described by him as being of Gaulish origin, possibly all cast from a single mould. Two similar, but more complete, examples are noted in Suffolk (SF-D91D84 and SF-13BC11). These suggest a date in the first to second century AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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