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Description: | An almost complete (the curl of the catchplate is damaged and the loop is incomplete) Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy and enamel Developed T-shape brooch with hinge mechanism. The brooch measures 40.6mm in length and weighs 13.16g.The wings span 31.6mm and are tubular. An incomplete integral pierced head loop extends from the top. The pin and axis bar are still in place, the pin is distorted and bent. There is a white substance at one end of the tubular area. To the front the wings are decorated with a pair of transverse grooves at either end before a concave recess and a further groove located next to the tip of both wings.The bow curves outwards from the top of the wings (11.65mm wide) before slowly tapering to the foot, it is broadly pointed oval in cross section. The bow is decorated with multiple motifs, the loop is located within three incisions forming three sides of a square which is flanked by a further incision on each side. The raised section in between is decorated with notches running along its length. The central section of the bow is raised, two incisions, one on either side is visible running along the edge of the bow. The central section of the bow is decorated with three raised lozengeform sections which are flanked on either side by two incised lines which form four triangles. The raised lozenegeforms have lozengeform recesses which would have been filled with enamel, blue enamel survives in the upper and lower recess, the central recess is now empty. Below the third raised lozengeform the bow has a raised pointed central vertical ridge which terminates just above the foot in a pair of horizontal grooves. The foot is broadly oval in cross section and and expands into a D shaped knop with a flat base which is decorated with nine transverse grooves.The catchplate runs along around a third of the reverse of the bow, it is incomplete and is now broadly triangular in plan. The reverse of the bow is convex and undecorated.The Developed T-shaped brooch has a south-western spread (centred on Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire)and dates from the second half of the first century to the first half of the second century. The south-western T-shaped group further developed to incorporate elements from the Polden Hill, Trumpet and Headstud brooches. The integrally cast tab on the headloop was not always pierced, where it occurs, and therefore was not essentially functional (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, p.167).
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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