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Description: | Copper alloy fragment of a 2nd century Roman headstud brooch. The brooch has a sprung pin mechanism; one side of the spring survives intact and comprises three turns around a central pin. The wings of the brooch are fairly wide with squared terminals and have three horizontal bands of blue enamel (although this can only be seen on the right side). The stud at the head of the brooch is quite large and has a tapering perforation throught to the back of the bow of the brooch. On earlier examples the stud was an integral part of the pin attachment but later was simply used as decoration; the stud may have been decorated with enamel. The brooch is broken at the top of the bow so the foot and catchplate do not survive. The brooch weighs 23.42g and measures 31.2mm in length, 26.4mm in width and approximately 25mm in thickness (from front to back).
A similar example can be seen in Hattatts Visual Catalogue, Fig.191, No.423. | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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