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Description: | A near complete slightly abraded copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 75 - 175AD. The bow has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a broken abraded edge on the lower bow - the foot knop is lost. The head of the brooch is oval and tapers into an angular bow. The reverse of the head is flat with a vertical cast bar which divides the head into two parts. This bar is well preserved; the upper edge of which swells slightly and is pierced by a circular hole (diameter: 2.6mm). The spring and pin are missing. The upper part of the head is complete and there is no evidence for a projecting spike or head loop. The angle between the upper bow and head is almost 90 degrees, this seems deliberate and functional rather than an artefact of movement in the soil. The bow of the brooch is D shaped in cross section. The head of the brooch tapers into the body which remains uniform in width. Halfway, along the length of the bow, are three sub-circular cast mouldings. Beneath the mouldings the lower part of the bow extends and tapers slightly to the broken edge. The catch plate is poorly preserved and extends from a rib on the reverse of the lower bow. The head of the brooch is decorated with a series of debased 'Celtic' C shaped scrolls which conjoin with a vertical rib of double triangular cells that extend along the spine to the moulded decoration. These scrolls and triangular cells are filled with a very dark blue / black coloured glass or enamel. The moulded rings do not have an inlay - however the lower bow is more formerly decorated with a double row of opposing sub-triangular shaped cells separated by a single cast rib. Again these cells are filled with (decayed) blue coloured enamel. The brooch is of a mid green colour with an abraded but well preserved polished patina which covers all surfaces. A number of similar brooches of this type can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches; page 326-328. All the brooches in this section are dated to the later 1st and 2nd century AD.The brooch measures 50.3mm in length, 15.7mm width (across head),14.0mm width (across bow) is 14.2mm thick (at the same point). It weighs 27.8 grams | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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