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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy 1st-century AD Roman probable (hinged) dolphin type brooch, as derived from the Colchester type. The bow curves through over ninety degrees and expands into the bulbous head which has a central slot for a hinged pin. The head of the pin survives in place within the slot, around the axis bar. The head has a characteristic spur to the rear to help it spring. The shaft has been broken near the head and bent round to one side as a result of old damage. The head features a central panel which is decorated with two longitudinally incised lines. To each side it steps down, and down again to the wings. The wings are enclosed cylinders with expanded terminals. They are decorated with incised loops that extend from the pin slot, out into the centre of the upper surface of the wing before travelling down towards the pin slot again. The ridge created within the two lines of the loops is itself decorated with alternating notches which gives a cabled effect. The decoration at the head diminishes into the plain bow. The bow has a semicircular cross-section with a flat underside. It has a gradual curve and tapers gradually to the foot. The tip of the foot is bent to one side and seemingly broken. Further up the lower surface of the bow is the stub of what was presumably an openwork catch-plate, the tip of which has been bent to one side as a result of old damage. Where it survives the patina is dark-brown in colour with areas of mid-green corrosion product.
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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