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Description: | An incomplete Roman Colchester derivative brooch. The brooch in unusual as it consists of an external copper alloy shell, apparently formed from sheet metal, filled with lead. All that remains is the bow and part of the catch-plate. The bow is 'D' shaped in cross-section and tapers gently to a point at the foot. The tip of the foot is blunt, but a portion of the end may be missing. The outer face of the bow is rounded whilst the reverse is flat, with a vertical seam where the sheet metal joins running vertically along its centre. To the reverse of the lower part of the bow this seam becomes wider, leaving a slot-like gap in the middle where a seperate catch-plate is fitted, secured in place by the lead in the centre. This catch-plate is now bent and mostly missing. Decorating the outer face of the upper part of the bow is a small, circular headstud. The Scheme's Roman Finds Advisor, Sally Worrell (pers. comm.), comments that 'the use of a small headstud is indicative of features being borrowed from another type of brooch which is much more at home in the Midlands and north'. Examples of other brooches from the South-West, which include this feature include one from Exeter (Mackreth 1991, no.3005) and from Camerton, Somerset (Wedlake 1958, 225, no. 26, fig. 52). The unusual construction of the brooch is very rare, but according to Worrell (pers. comm) 'does seem to have technique characteristic of the South-West immediately before and after the Roman conquest'. The metal is in fair condition with a shiny green patina, but is also quite worn and corroded in places.Length: 46.95mm, Width at upper bow: 8.23mm, Width at foot: 3.04mm, Thickness at upper bow: 6.23mm, Thickness at foot: 3.02mm, Weight: 8.51g
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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