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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Wirral type bow brooch of 2nd century AD date (100-200AD). The brooch consists of an D shaped head from which a broken head loop projects. On the reverse of the head are two perforated lugs through which an iron axis bar passes holding the remains of a hinged iron pin. Only the hinge of the pin survives. The upper part of the bow of the brooch is relatively short and very curved; it is broadly D shaped in cross section with a flat top and convex back. The upper bow tapers slightly along its length and terminates in an angle of c.120 degrees from which the straight lower half extends. The lower part tapers more sharply and is lozenge shaped in section. It ends in a raised collar and knop at the foot. The catch plate on the reverse face of the bow is trapizoid and incomplete; it expands from a central rib located beneath the lower half of the bow. The outer edge of the catchplate is turned over slightly but the main pin rest is lost to an old break.
Between the head and the loop is a strip with a transverse bar of pale green enamel. The upper part of the bow is decorated with three vertical recessed panels which run down 80% of it's lengh. The panels are divided into shorter cells by raised transverse bars. The cells in the two outer recesses contain pale green enamel and the central ones orange enamel. At the end of the panels is the remains of a raised circular stud.
The brooch measures 69.4mm length, 15.8m width, 23.6mm thick and weighs 34.84 grams.
Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt??s Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 331 fig; 190 example 1538 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain p 168-169. The distribution of the Wirral Style brooches, as the name suggests is almost entirely in Cheshire and surrounding areas. This is a notable outlier. | Subjects: | Wirral type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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