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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type. It is a hinged example. The head is stepped as is typical of this type. The headloop is missing. The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels. The two outer panels are decorated with black enamel, three pieces of which remain leaving three empty rectangles on each side where enamel once was. The central panel is decorated with orange enamel which remains in three of the six rectangles. There is a small circular raised rounded knop below the panels which has been damaged.The bow tapers towards the foot which terminates in a break. On the rear of the object the pin has broken away and a small amount of the catchplate remains. The brooch has an olive green patina.This type of brooch is known as the Wirral type as the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral and it also now thought that this is where the main (if not only) production site was based (Philpott; 1999; 275). The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch.
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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