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Description: | A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch with patchy remains of silver plating on the front and back (length: 48.1mm; width at head: 12.1mm; thickness/ depth: 25mm; weight: 15.50g). With a 'typical' trumpet head, there are two or three slight ribs running from the middle and slanting to the side and edges of the head. There are remains of silver plating between and on these ribs. Another central rib runs straight down the centre of the head before reaching a probable triple rib across the bow's width. From where the other ribs slanting outwards towards the edge of the head, there are two more crossing diagonally inwards again before reaching the central rib at a point, making a diamond shape. There is further evidence of silver plating along these ribs. Beneath the set of triple ribs across the width, there is a plain button below, as well as another triple rib beneath that. These central features across the middle of the bow all have silvered remains. A double incised line runs down the centre of the front of the lower bow with one incised line to either side marking the recess towards the catch plate. The foot-knob has three ribs and a rounded base. At the back of the brooch, most of the spring mechanism is still attached with two turns on one side of the central lug, and one on the other. The internal chord is still intact. Only a small amount of the catch plate remains. Most of the silver plating survives on the back of the brooch, particularly to either side of the catch plate. The pin is missing. Overall, the brooch is in a slightly worn but fair condition with the highest concentration of copper alloy corrosion down the edges of the bow. This brooch would date to the late 1st/ 2nd century AD. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 75
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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