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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy Wirral brooch, Roman in date, c. 100-200 AD (length: 84.3mm; width at top of brooch: 13.3mm; thickness at remains of catch plate: 10.2mm; weight: 27.54g).The top of the brooch has a very worn suspension loop (inside diameter: 6.2mm) which is particularly worn at the top with evidence of possible bronze disease. The loop then truncates into a rectangular platform with three ridge and grooves running across the width (12.9mm), two of which are particularly deep and may have originally held enamel. Just below this decoration, there is another ridge with small incisions running length-wise down it, each with a spacing of 1mm between them. Beyond this ridge, the bow archs outwards quite dramatically to form a 'C' shape in side section. Down the majority of this arch, there are three deep grooves running down the bow length by 19.7mm, with a width each of 2mm and a spacing of approximately 1mm between them. These grooves would originally have held enamel in a chequerboard pattern. Directly below the grooves, there is a slightly protruding circular stud (diameter: 6.8mm) with a crude and uneven cross incised on it. The rest of the front of the bow is undecorated apart from a slight ridge that runs down the centre of the bow's length to the foot. The foot at the end has four ridges and three grooves fitted tightly together, with a rounded bottom.The back of the brooch is undecorated. Behind the rectangular platform, there is evidence for a hinged mechanism. Even though the pin is now missing, the hollow cusp of the hinge remains as well as two holes either side to hold the axis bar, with probable iron still embedded in one of them, indicating that the axis bar was made of iron. There is one rib and two grooves beneath the mechanism before the arch of the bow appears and comes back in again lower down to form substantial remains of a copper alloy catch plate.The general condition of the brooch is slightly worn but fair with few areas of extensive corrosion as seen around the suspension loop and the sides of the bow. Most original patina has survived and is probably dark brown in colour (the brooch may have been coated in a substance making it difficult to identify the artefact's true surface and colour).
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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