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Description: | A fragment of an enamelled, cast copper alloy Roman stud or mount, probably a chatelaine dating from 100-200AD. The mount is semicircular with two projecting knops on the outer edge, and two areas of damage at the ends of the straight edge. These probably formed lobes that supported each end of the bar from which toilet articles would hang. The design consists of four enamelled panels separated by raised ridges of metal. There is a semi-circular cell which follows the circumference of the stud: this held blue enamel. Inside this are two circular cells filled with red enamel; the remaining space, between these two circles, was also of blue enamel. Each of the remaining knops has a circular depression which held red enamel. On the underside of the stud is an integral copper alloy mounting rivet with a wide flat head (fungiform). This is not central, suggesting that possibly the original object was not semicircular but larger and maybe there was another rivet on the missing part of the object. The centre part of the straight edge looks unbroken, maybe suggesting that the complete object had a slot in the centre, or was U shaped. The mount is 29.1mm long, 23.5mm wide and 12.3mm thick. It weighs 4.6gm. Similar mounts are NMS-567B91 and SF7586. It seems likely that he mount is a chatlaine from which toilet and cosmetic implements would handg in a set. However, chatelaines are usually either brooches or pendants and this one is unusual in having an integral rivet. A parallel is SOM-EE1EA6 which also appears to have been rivetted on.
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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