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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type. It is a hinged example of which a small amount of the iron hinge remains. The head is stepped as is typical of this type. The headloop is missing. The stepped head is decorated with a series of vertical grooves on two of the steps. The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels. The two outer panels contain eight cells four of which contain a bright blue enamel. These alternate with four cells which contain the remains of a greenish white enamel. The central panel contains eight cells four of which contain a greenish white enamel while the remaining four are empty and worn. Below the panels is a raised rounded knop, the centre of 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. Chips of the patina are missing along the bow, possibly due to modern plough damage.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.
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