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Description: | Cast copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date (probably 100-300 AD). The brooch is lozenge (diamond) shape in plan and stepped rectangle in cross section. The centre of the brooch has an enamelled design. Around the edge of the brooch are a series of seven small integral cast sub-rounded knops. The reverse of the brooch is hollow. At the top of the reverse are the remains of the hinge fitting for the spring. This consists of two perforated sub rectangular lugs through which an axis bar would have passed. The pin and the catch plate are both missing. The brooch measures 38.8mm length, 26.8mm width, and is 7.5mm thick. It weighs 4.56 grams.
The central design on the front face of the brooch consists of several elements. The first is the cast design. This is made up of a series of geometric cast patterns which have created hollows in which enamel has been set. The central element of this is a raised circle filled with red enamel. This circle is enclosed by a lozenge (or diamond) which is filled with blue enamel. Extending from the two vertical corners of the diamond are two cast arrows (one pointing to the hinge ? top, and the other towards the catch plate ? bottom). Both of these arrows (and the blue lozenge) are contained within a mid ? light green coloured enamel. The colour of this enamel has decayed and may have originally been either yellow or green. Surrounding this central panel are two further cast lozenges, these are steeped away from the raised central design. The first lozenge is decorated by a series of small cast lines evenly spaced around the edge. The outer lozenge has seven sub rounded cast knops. It is possible that the knop at the base of the brooch has broken off resulting in an uneven pattern. These seven knops are evenly spaced at the top three corners of the brooch and halfway along the sides. The knops are decorated with a cast ring and dot design. The reverse of the brooch is plain and undecorated.
The brooch is a mid-dark green colour with an even well formed patina which covers all surfaces. There is little evidence of abrasion apart from the possible loss of the lower knop, damage to the pin and catch plate. Similar plate brooches can be seen in ?Hattatt?s Visual Catalogue of Brooches?. These are all dated to the 2nd century AD (pages 348-349). A direct parallel has not been found. | 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: | 100
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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