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Description: | Roman enamelled and tinned/silvered cast copper alloy fantail brooch with crossbar, disc on bow and wide short fantail (Hull T33), 1st-2nd century; incomplete. The hinged pin is broken off; it was held on a copper alloy axis bar held within the cylindrical wings, which are flat on the front; the front of the wings is undecorated except for a ridge at each of the distal ends. There is a small projection at the top of the head, presumably to represent the now redundant chord. The bow projects outwards from the wings at about 45° then angles downwards and expands to form a disc, hollowed on the obverse to a depth of 2mm; immediately below the disc the bow expands to form a triangular foot which is decorated with three enamelled cells - a central four-pointed star-shaped cell containing blue enamel (the upper point of the star is elongated), within a drop-shaped setting (rounded at the base of the foot), then with a triangular cell containing red enamel on either side; the foot terminates in a ridge (mimicking those on the wings). Damaged triangular catchplate on the reverse of the foot, not extending upwards as far as the disc. Traces of tinning or silvering, particularly on the reverse. Original surface gone, light blue-green exposed surface. Length 34.8mm, width across wings 18.17mm, width across centre of bow 12.5mm, width across base of foot 15.9mm, thickness 10.5mm, weight 9.36g.Hattatt dates these to the 1st/2nd century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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