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Description: | A cast copper alloy trumpet derivative bow brooch, probably dating from the 1st or second century AD. The stub of a broken suspension loop is visible at the top of the brooch, which measures a total of 39.69mm in length. Below this are two short wings, 13.48mm across, with an oval profile 5.46mm at the widest point. The wings conceal the axis bar for a hinged pin. Each wing is decorated with two vertical ridges, one at each end and one slightly further in to the centre. The pin's hinge survives but the pin itself has been broken off. The curving bow emerges from the centre of the axis bar. About half way along the bow there is an oval boss, 10.83mm by 9.30mm, with knops top and bottom (these two are slightly larger) and on each side. The centre of the boss is hollowed, with a small circular perforation (1.7mm diameter) in the middle. On comparative examples, the hollow is filled with enamel and the perforation contains a stud. Below the boss the foot of the brooch widens into a triangle, 10.34mm wide. This part of the brooch is decorated with three subtley defined lozenges, each containing blue enamel. Around these lozenges there is a trace of red enamel contained within a border around the edge of the foot. On the back of the foot is a flat catchplate. Two similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 330, nos. 986 and 987) although both of these examples has a different arrangement of enamelled decoration on the foot.
Weight: 7.48g | 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: | 43
199 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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