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Description: | A copper alloy Roman plate brooch of skeuomorphic design in the shape of a shoe, slipper, boot or sandal. The brooch is flat and in plan is pointed at one end, has a narrow waist in the middle and is rounded at the other end. There is a loop at the rounded end. On the reverse of the brooch is a double pin lug at the rounded end, with the hinge part of a copper alloy pin surviving between them; and a damaged catchplate at the pointed end. The reverse of the brooch has a rich green patina and filemarks are visible. The front is decorated with a field of dark blue enamel with five irregularly sized yellow dots of enamel. Compare number 606 on page 358 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue. The brooch dates from the 2nd century AD. Compare also NLM2717, NLM-8BC157, YORYM-043FD0, WILT-354B08, NLM368, IOW-F9AD24, IOW-70FE55 and NCL-26CDA0. Snape (1993) notes that "They are decorated with spots of enamel to represent hobnails" and that "Sandal brooches may represent the left or the right foot, and may have a rounded or pointed toe. The type is found in Britain and on the Continent". On this example it is not clear whether it represents a right or left foot.
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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