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Description: | The head of a cast copper alloy 1st - 2nd century AD, Trumpet brooch, with enamelled, moulded and inlaid decoration.
Behind the trumpet head the remains of the spring survive largely intact. The spring has ten turns and the chord sits below the spring. The pin has broken off on the turn of the spring. Also on the reverse below the chord there is an iron fitting applied to the reverse of the bow. The purpose of this fitting is unknown.
The head of the brooch resembles the bell of a trumpet. A pair of parallel lines runs across the top of the head and a further line run down the centre. Silver has been inlaid into the incised lines, formed by the moulded decoration. There also appears to be some enamelling evident. The head terminates with a collar and it is at this point that the brooch has broken. The break is very worn and corroded.
The bow, catchplate and pin are also missing.
The surface of the metal is heavily pitted and corroded and is mid reddish-green in colour. This type of brooch dates from the 1st - 2nd century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p327-8, Fig. 186-7. | 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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