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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy ornate Colchester Two Piece trumpet brooch, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 - 200 (length: 54.5mm; width at head: 17.5mm; thickness/ depth: 22mm; weight: 17.6g). At the top of the brooch, there is a slight broken protrusion (length: 3mm) where the original suspension loop may have been. The head itself, although broken and incomplete to the left, is oval-shaped with a flat undecorated crescent top or border and decoration immediately below in the form of a slightly raised platform, although due to wear, much of the decoration is difficult to distinguish. There are three protruding ribs down the centre of the bow of the brooch. The two outer ribs then separate further to the left and right to form a forked appearance which arches round to the sides, circling around a raised ?eye? in the centre to form a symmetrical decoration. However, the eyes (diameter: 2mm) are not quite parallel to each other, with the left ?eye? being higher than the right. To the left and right of the bow and immediately below the head, there is a singular crescent-shaped protruding flange. There are three crescent-shaped buttons (only visible at the front of the brooch) underneath the head, separating the upper decoration from the lower. The central button is the largest with a diameter of. The two flanking buttons have one incised line across the central width, with two incised lines across the central button?s width. There is no other decoration immediately before, after or between these crescent buttons. The decoration of the lower leg of the brooch continues below a double-lined rib (divided by an incised line), which itself forms a T-shape with a central median rib dividing symmetrical zigzag ribs with four main arches/ curls running downwards and starting from the ridge that cuts across the width of the bow. Below the zigzag decoration, there are two ridges divided by an incised line across the bottom of the bow, before the artefact becomes slightly narrow or ?pinched? before expanding outwards again to form a truncated foot with eleven short vertical ribs running downwards around the feature. Lastly, there is a conical-shaped protruding nodule under the foot. At the back of the oval dished head, the spring and pin are completely present, placed either side of a copper alloy central lug with a pierced hole in the centre to hold the copper alloy axis bar in place, which the spring is wound around. There is another small protrusion underneath this central lug. The cast copper alloy short triangular catch-plate (length: 11mm) still remains and curves round to one side to hold the slightly incomplete cast copper alloy pin in place. On the outside edge of the catch-plate, there are two incised linear marks running across its width, which may be another form of decoration. The brooch is in a slightly worn but good condition with a dark green patina. A very similar example is illustrated in Hattatt?s ?Brooches of Antiquity?, 1987, pages 129 & 131, ref no 949, found near Wroxeter, Salop. Hattatt states that this brooch can be classified as Hull?s type 153 A, and another similarly moulded example was also found from Wroxeter and may be a local product. Other similar finds were found at Caernarfon and Chester, but no others have been noted with this moulding. A similar example has also been recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (WMID-294B06) and was found at Sheriffhales, Shropshire. | 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
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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