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Description: | An enamelled copper-alloy Trumpet brooch dating to the early Roman periodd. The brooch has a convex oval head with a single lug in the centre on the reverse. There is an incomplete loop above. The bow is comma shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. The bow is elaborately decorated with insular-style motifs. The head is divided into two panels by a longitudinal line of reserve metal. Each panel is roughtly an elongated triangle in plan with a smaller semi-circular cell within in it. The outer part of the panel is filled with red enamel and the semi-circular cell is filled with yellow enamel. Below this is a fully-rounded acanthus reel with moulded decoration on the front half only. The foot is triangular in cross-section and both outer faces are decorated with a rectangular panel containing a row of triangles in reserve metal. The surrounding cells are filled with red enamel. The foot is reeled. The catchplate is intact.
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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