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Description: | Part of a copper alloy Roman brooch; a trumpet derivative type decorated with enamel and moulded scrolls which give the head of the brooch a zoomorphic appearance, perhaps representing a ram or goat with curled horns. Only the head of the brooch survives. It has a very wide and flat trumpet head with a ridge along the centre of the bow. a raised line springs from the ridge on each wing, and curves into a spiral which fills each wing. Further raised lines for a pointed oval cell on each side of the ridge. These are filled with light blue enamel and have the appearance of eyes. Between the eyes and the moulded spiral is a cell of red enamel. The break across the bow is slightly worn and well patinated. The reverse of the bow is hollow. The back of the brooch head is tubular to hold the axis bar which was copper alloy and which projects at one end suggesting it extended to form a head loop. The hinged pin is also copper alloy, but only the hinge survives. The metal has a dusty grey green patina.Compare WMID-905580, another trumpet derivative brooch suspected to have zoomorphic decoration, and examples on page 330 of Hattatt's visual catalogue. Since the rest of the bow is missing, it is not certain that the zoomorphic appearance is intentional.
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