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Description: | Copper alloy Roman brooch. The brooch is a trumpet variant; it retains the original trumpet-shaped head form but the acanthus moulding is replaced with a facial plate on the bow and the foot shape changes. This example is known as the 'Disc-and-trumpet' with an enamelled circular bow plate. The plate would have had four small knops on each corner but only one of these survives. There is some remaining red enamel on the plate. The bow tapers below the plate to a penannular foot terminal. On the back of the brooch, above the terminal, the catchplate remains intact. The brooch has an integral headloop and the pin remains intact (but is quite corroded). The pin has a spring mechanism with a spring of 4 turns. The brooch has a stripe of possibly enamel down the bow (this can be seen above and below the central plate) and there is a tiny fragment of silver wire(?) at the right side of the trumpet head (this may have been wrapped around the head for decoration). The brooch looks to have been tinned. On both the left and right side of the trumpet head there is small circular indentation. The object weighs 6.25g and measures 44mm in length and 12mm in width (across the plate). It measures 17mm in thickness (from the front to the pin). A direct parallel for this brooch can be seen in Hattatt's visual catalogue Fig.188 No.970, with further description in 'Ancient brooches and other artefacts' Hattatt, page 88.
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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