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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy bow and fantail brooch, of Roman dating (50 to 150 AD).Approximately 75% of the brooch is present. The head loop and pin are missing.The wings are complete with a rolled complete casing holding the axis bar for the hinged pin. The pin is incomplete and housed within a cut notch between the two rolled cylindrical casings. The axis bar holding the pin is made from copper alloy. From the top / head of the brooch a small head loop extends, now incomplete. The bow head is narrow with a graceful slightly angular profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. The bow tapers to a mid point where it flares with a centrally positioned circular boss from which the fantail extends. The fantail is regular and sub-triangular in profile. On the reverse of the tail a single rib extends to form a sub-triangular catch plate whose edge is rolled to from a U-shaped pin rest.The front face of the brooch is decorated with both cast and enameled designs. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The decoration on the front face can be split into several zones. The first enameled area is the circular boss which has a central circular yellow enamel inlay which is contained by a concentric ring of copper alloy, which is enclosed by a further red enamel inlaid ring (possible blue in colour) which is contained by an outer ring of copper alloy. Below this boss is the fantail which is decorated with both cast and enamel designs. The upper part of the fan has two horizontal cast bars below which extends a vertical geometric enamel decorated panel. This panel has three diamond shaped (square shapes turned by 45°) recessed panels which were probably filled with a blue coloured enamel (which has since decayed). The area around these diamond shaped panels has been filled with red coloured enamel (which forms small triangular panels). The outer edges of the fantail have been decorated with an inset cast border.The brooch is a mid green colour with an even but abraded patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch, twisting it slightly.The brooch measures: 43.42mm length, 14.61mm width (across wings), 15.06mm width across base of the fantail, is 2.98mm thick across the bow and 7.37mm thick across the base of the fantail (including the catchplate). The brooch is 12.06mm thick. It weighs 7.1 grams.A bow and fantail brooch, with a similar style of enamelled decoration was recorded from Lincolnshire on the PAS database as HESH-59A622. Similar brooches, although with different decoration styles, are illustrated by Hattatt (2000, p315) in Figure 174. All are consistent with 1st to 2nd Century dating (AD 50 to 150 AD).Reference:Hattatt, R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow. Oxford.
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