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Description: | The object is a Trumpet brooch, made of cast copper alloy. The length of the brooch from the protruding possible hook above the bow head to he base of the bow foot is 63.7mm. The width across the bow head is 18.7mm. It weighs 26.4g. The bow head is a horizontal sub oval shape in plan. The reverse ofthe bow head is hollow. On the reverse, on the upper head of the bow head there is a vertical linear protrusion which appears incomplete. It is not certain what function this protrusion had originally. The interior of the hollow on the reverse has iron staining visible, but there are no lugs to hold a hinged pin, or any holes to support an axis bar, thereby any spring and pin is missing from the brooch. Instead the upper and lower edges of the bow head, on the reverse, has a slightly off-centre. The holes may have been made at a later date. Through the holes a curvaeous 'M' shaped piece of a copper alloy wire is threaded. The wire is flattened once through the upper hole. The bow head and upper portion of the bow is decorated with two low-relief crescentic cells, one has traces of blue enamel remaining. Below these cells there were two smaller, triangular shaped cells. One cell is filled with yellow enamel. Beneath these cells the bow is decorated with three horizontal ribs. At the apex of the bow there is an acanthus, which is barely moulded on the rever, but is particularly decorative on the outer surface. Beneath the acanthus the bow starts to taper towards the bow foot. This lower portion of the bow is decorated with a central ridge which has horizontal notches either side. The bow foot was a sub concial shape in profile, with a small knop on the base. The catchplate, on the reverse is solid and complete. It starts to develop from the reverse of the acanthus and curves outwards. The surface of the brooch has a well developed dark green patina. There are examples in Hattatt which are very similar, particularly No. 432 which has a vertical protrusion on the reverse of the bow head. These brooches are dated to the 1st to 2nd centuries.
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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