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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Langton Down type brooch, missing its foot and most of its openwork catchplate. The pin is intact, though bent.
The brooch is 39.7mm in incomplete length and its wingspan is 21.5mm. It weighs 9.68g.
The tubular wings are 7.7mm in diameter. They are worn and corroding but a pattern is visible to the top of two grooves and corresponding ribs running the length of the top of the wings, and down each side at the front (bow side). Inside this are are tiny lines radiating fromt he head of the bow. To the reverse, the tubular wings close around what would have been the spring mechanism (now no longer visible inside the ends, obscured by mud). The join is not particularly neat.
The bow extends from the front of the wings and a moulded rib emphasises this. It has the characteristic hump before dropping in a straight line, although this bow has been squashed inwards causing it to bow inversely. The sides of the bow are slightly concave and seem to widen towards the foot, although the bow is badly worn with broken edges and this may be an illusion.
The bow is decorated with five vertical ribs running along its length, some of which drop away as the bow becomes narrower. A tiny area of original patina suggests the brooch may originally have been tinned or silvered. The surface is otherwise badly pitted.
The break at the foot is recent-ish and to the reverse part of an openwork catchplate survive.
The pin is of a different copper alloy than the brooch.
Langton Down brooches originated on the continent and came to Britain around 43AD. However they only remained popular for one generation or so. They are named after a brooch found at Langton Down, Dorset.
This brooch is very similar in its decoration (though not in its size) to Hattatt no.769. | 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
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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