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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled T-shaped bow brooch of Roman date (AD 43 - AD 200). Length 20mm, estimated width, if wings were complete 34mm, maximum thickness of bow 3.5mm. Weight 5.19g.The surviving part consists of the left wing (as viewed from the front) and the upper part off the bow. The wing tapers slightly from the centre of the brooch towards its outer end and fully encloses the remains of a copper alloy axis bar. The bar, which accommodated a hinged pin, (now missing) is just over 1.00mm in diameter. The upper part of the bow, 11mm in width at the top, tapers evenly towards a break where it is 8mm in width. At the front, the bow is convex and has three moulded lozenge-shaped cells which are aligned vertically. Each cell has a slightly raised border. The break on the bow has occurred transversally through the lowest cell so that only half of it remains. The upper cell is filled with blue enamel which is crazed. The two lower cells are empty. Presumably these lower cells would have been filled with enamel. However, there is no evidence within the cells to show the nature of the settings. The rear of the bow is concave and plain. The brooch is in poor condition, the breaks are old and the metal is generally corroded. At the top of the bow, on the front, and at the rear of the bow there is a mid-green patina.
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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