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Description: | A Roman incomplete trumpet-headed brooch made in copper alloy, dating c.75-200AD. This brooch has the typical expanded-head that covers the pin mechanism. There are two broken stubs remaining on the back of the head. The brooch has been decoratively cast with the acanthus moulding at the waist and a leaf pattern over the head. This leaf pattern comprises three leaves springing from a central stem. Each of the leaves forms a cell that was originally inlaid with blue enamel. Enamel is still present in two of these cells. The area around this leaf pattern has deep recesses suggesting there was originally a background of enamel as well but no enamel remains now. There are two pointed oval cells just above the acanthus moulding and one of these still retains blue enamel. The bow at the back of the acanthus moulding is flat. Just below the acanthus moulding the bow is decorated with a central ridge extending down to the foot. This ridge forms a row of triangular cells on each side of the bow. These originally may have been filled with enamel but there is no trace of enamel remaining. The bow terminates in a double-ribbed footknob. The catch-plate is incomplete with the bottom edge broken and missing. The pin is also missing and the head of the brooch is slightly twisted out of alignment.A similar brooch is illustrated by Bayley & Butcher (2004:93 no.221), this example is very similar in the decoration on the lower bow. The enamelled decoration on the bow forms a curvilinear pattern rather than the foliate decoration on this example. The authors (2004:160) write "brooches with the very distinctive head described as trumpet-shaped are the most original products of the British brooch industry in the Roman period."Dimensions: length: 53.01 mm; width: 14.52mm; thickness: 6.09mm; weight: 8.14g.Reference: Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004. Roman Brooches in Britain. The Society of Antiquaries, London.
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