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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type. It is a hinged example. The head is stepped and the head loop is missing. There are two steps which are incised with vertical lines. The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels. All three panels have been decorated with enamel; three orange rectangles of the enamel remain. There is a raised rounded knop below the panels. The bow narrows towards the foot which has been damaged. The pin and catchplate are missing.This type of brooch is known as the Wirral type as the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral and it also now thought that this is where the main (if not only) production site was based (Philpott; 1999; 275). The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch.
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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