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Description: | An almost complete (the curl of the catchplate is damaged) Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy and enamel Developed T-shape brooch of Hull's type T 132 with hinge mechanism. Almost all the enamel decoration has been lost. The brooch measures 55.35mm in length and weighs 9.98g.The wings span 21.51mm and are tubular (3.03mm tall) on a c-section wider background (6.17mm tall). A flimsy integral pierced head loop extends from the top, 6.73mm in diameter (internal 3.26mm). The pin and axis bar are still in place. There is a white substance at either end of the tubular area. To the front the wings are decorated with a pair of transverse grooves at either end.The bow curves outwards from the top of the wings (9.97mm wide) and is decorated with a grooved X, stretching from either corner and crossing, ending just above the central tear-drop shaped appendage with four recesses for (missing) enamel around a central +. Below, as the bow drops, it is decorated with a rectangular cell along its entire length, filled with lozenge decoration at the centre and the resulting triangles to either side. These carry traces of red enamel which does not survive. The bow narrows from the wings to this point (4.89mm wide) and is further decorated to either side with a deep groove flanking both edges.The foot below is separated from the bow by three transverse ribs 5.88mm wide. The foot itself is semi-circular and 6.68x3.56mm.To the reverse is the catchplate with an internal groove for the pin. The curl damage is probably recent.The Developed T-shaped brooch has a south-western spread (centred on Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire)and dates from the second half of the first century to the first half of the second century. The south-western T-shaped group further developed to incorporate elements from the Polden Hill, Trumpet and Headstud brooches. The integrally cast tab on the headloop was not always pierced, where it occurs, and therefore was not essentially functional (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, p.167).
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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