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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch. Pin missing. Behind the head is a large thin loop which projects longitudinally to house the missing coiled pin . The back of the head is oval and hollowed. The head tapers sharply to the knop at the middle of the bow. The head is decorated with enamelling in a symmetrical design around the longitudinal axis. At the top are two triangles (containing yellow enamel) surrounded by two v-shapes which are open towards the centre of the bow, possibly containing blue enamel. Next down the bow are two half circles containing red enamel, curved towards the centre of the bow and a dot at the centre of the circle, towards the edge of the bow. Below this are a pair of small crescents, probably with blue enamel and at the bottom two triangles containing yellow. The knop is very worn but appears to have short incised lines above and below it longitudinally. The leg of the bow tapers to a point, probably ending in a very worn break. There are traces of further enmelled cells on the lower part of the bow (the leg). There are traces of a catch plate behind the leg. The whole brooch is very worn and rounded. It is uncertain if this is through use or post-depositional.For trumpet brooches with enamel inlays at the head see Mackreth (2011, Pl. 80), althoguh he does not directly parallel this design. They are usually dated to c. AD 75-150.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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