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Description: | An incomplete and heavily worn copper-alloy probable headstud brooch of Roman date. The brooch is mostly complete with only the pin missing and aspects of detail, including the probable headstud area being abraded although the bow is clearly enlarged at this point. The brooch is T-shaped with cylindrical wings and a D-sectioned tapering bow. The cylindrical wings enclose the in situ axis bar and there is an opening at the midpoint for the, now missing, hinged pin. The front of the wings are decorated at either end with enamel detail consisting of a two red enamel circles, one above the other. The detail at the top of the bow is too abraded for the detail to be clear but the remainder of the bow has a design of a central column of blue enamel lozenges flanked to either side by a single column of red enamel triangles. The bottom of the bow has a simply moulded cylindrical foot with a slightly flared base, above this base there is a shallow groove and above this a short plain cylindrical column which abuts the base of the enamel decoartion on the main part of the bow. The flat catchplate on the reverse of the bow runs almost the full length of the bow, starting just below the arch of the neck of the bow. There are similar examples to this brooch in Hattatt's 'A Visual Guide to Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches', p.332. Headstud brooches are dated to AD c.75-200 and the present brooch is dated in line with this.
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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