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Description: | A cast copper alloy 1st - 2nd century AD, Trumpet brooch, with enamelled, moulded and inlaid decoration.
Behind the trumpet head the remains of a single pierced lug can still be seen but it is worn and corroded, and only the broken stumps survive. The front of the head has been decorated with moulded decorations inlaid with blue enamel. The brooch then tapers inwards to the bow, which also has moulded decoration. The lower part of the bow thickens with further mouldings.
The foot and catchplate have broken off and the break is very corroded. The pin is also missing.
The reverse of the brooch is undecorated.
The surface of the metal is heavily pitted and corroded and is mid reddish-brown in colour.
This type of brooch dates from the 1st - 2nd century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p327, Fig. 186. | 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: | 1
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Liz Walker | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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