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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with the remains of some red and yellow enamelled decoration. The enamel is set into a panel of alternating triangular and lozenge shapes running the length of the bow on the upper face. This type and pattern of decoration is similar to Hull's 'Sawfish' brooches, but the sides of the bow do not now have these projections and it is narrower than this type, but consistent with other examples of T-shaped brooches. Half way down the back of the bow are the remains of the attachment edge of the catchplate, and the footknob is plain and upturned at about a 45 degree angle.The cross bar is decorated with an oval setting either side of the head, on the upper face, which may have held gemstones. The head also retains an imprint of what might have been a crest mounted on it, and some other attachment or moulding along the length of the crossbar. The crossbar was rolled around the axis bar which is now missing, along with the pin which was attached to the axis by a hinge. The back of the crossbar is missing so that there is now a cross-section of the tube exposed. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar T-shaped brooch on page 304, Fig.163, No.411, which is dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD.Bayley & Butcher (2004) illustrate a similar 'sawfish' variety on page 95, Fig.75, No.226.
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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