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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch. The bow head is a sub-oval in plan, with heavily abraded edges. On the reverse of the bow head there is an incomplete integral lug with an incomplete perforation. Around the perforation there is iron staining suggesting the axis bar was made of iron. The hinge or spring and pin are missing. The bow head tapers into the bow forming a short, almost horizontal section before the acanthus. This short section is decorated with a ?)(? design on the head leading to four high-relief strands on the bow. The acanthus has a central sub-circular disc which is bordered by smaller, less prominent sub semi-circular discs. The lower portion of the bow, below the acanthus is sub-triangular in section has a column of small lozenge shaped cells on both outer faces. The reverse of the bow from the acanthus has the catchplate developing and increasing in width. However, the majority of the catchplate is missing. The bow terminates with a bulbous knop which is slightly out turned so in profile the brooch has an elongated ?S? shape. The brooch has traces of a white metal alloy coating. It measures 57.98mm long by 16.89mm wide across the bow. It weighs 18.98g and is in poor condition.
The brooch is a Trumpet-headed type. Trumpet brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164). Mackreth (Mackreth, D. ?Copper Alloy Brooches? in Timby, J. 1998 Excavations at Kingscote and Wycomb, Gloucestershire Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd) illustrates a brooch, No. 1.100, which has a similar Celtic style decoration on the upper portion of the bow, however the lower portion of the brooch has a geometric design similar to T157C in Bayley and Butcher (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164). | 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: | 50
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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