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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of Chatelaine type. Only one small section of the lower half of the plate, including the double-lugged hinge, survives intact, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The surviving plate is flat, rectangular in form and terminates on all sides edcept the base in old breaks. At the upper edge is a semi-circular incision that delineates the start of the central boss. The front face has enamelled decoration comprising a row of four shield- or tongue-shaped recessed fields that contain enamel alternating in colour between blue and yellow. At the right hand side of the fragment the base of a second row of similarly enamelled fields can just be seen, probably forming a small panel of enamelled decoration to one side of the central boss. The back face is flat and undecorated. At one side is preserved the integrally cast double-lug from which the now missing pin would originally have hinged. The entire fragment measures 24.40mm in width, 12.41mm in height, 2.08mm in thickness, and weighs 2.40g. This is a fragment from the base of a Roman chatelaine plate brooch, which would originally have had a prominent central boss and a small bar at the base from which toilet implements may have been suspended. A very similar complete example is published by Hattatt (1989: no. 1082) that indicates a date in the 2nd century AD for the current example.
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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