|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast copper-alloy late Roman plate brooch dating from the third or fourth century AD. The brooch has suffered some damage around its sides and is missing the tip of each end. It is oval in shape and has a central setting of crimson glass. It is unsual for the glass to survive in these types of brooches and they are often found with their settings missing. The glass setting is set within an oval collar. Between this and another collar there is a field which is decorated with tiny oval 'scales'. A further field outside this collar is finely decorated with roped decoration. The surface of the front of the brooch is gilded and much of this survives. On the reverse the hinge and catchplate remain, although the pin itself is broken and missing. The reverse has been tinned or silvered. These brooches are throught to be a British type since few are known from the continent (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 178). The brooch measures 33.5 mm long and 25.65 mm wide. It is 10.2 mm thick and weighs 10.8 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Incomplete Roman gilded copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
A cast copper-alloy late Roman…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper alloy gilded…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete and badly abraded /…
-
BROOCH
Cast copper alloy gilded oval…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-410)…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper alloy Roman…
-
Brooch
An incomplete Roman copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman copper alloy…
|