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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Two Piece Trumpet brooch with enamelled decoration, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century AD (length: 42.5mm; width at head: 13.5mm; thickness/ depth: 29mm; weight: 9.89g).At the top of the brooch, the central lug protrudes upwards from the back of the head, although there are no remains of the spring or pin. There are small areas of enamelling still intact on the head of the brooch, which consist of two crescent-shaped formations situated back to back and left to right of the head, which are also outlined with red enamel and blue enamel within. In a 'V'-shaped area above this crescent decoration, there is a tiny fragment of yellow enamel still remaining. The only other decoration on this badly corroded and incomplete brooch is a slight bulbous feature halfway down the leg where possible 'acanthus' moulding may have originally been. There is no remaining evidence of the catch plate at the back and bottom of the brooch, where the brooch terminates in a corroded point. Overall, the artefact is in a very worn and corroded condition with small areas of bronze disease at the top and bottom of the brooch.
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