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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy oval plate brooch of Roman date. It is missing the spring, pin, central glass inlay/boss and part of the outer edge, lug and catch plate due to old breaks, now worn.It is flat with an oval setting at the centre. This has raised sides and would once have contained a glass boss, inlay or even intaglio. The setting itself measures 19.05mm in length, 14.50mm in width. The back face of the brooch is flat and undecorated. At one end is the remains of an integral rectangular lug. At the opposite end is an integral rectangular catch plate. This brooch measures 30.68mm in length, 19.93mm in width, 2.03mm in thickness, 5.25g in weight.There are similar examples with Hattatt's 'Glass Centre-boss type' brooches(Hattatt, 1989, nos. 172-173, 641, 1210, 1212-1213, 1647) and on the PAS database (SF-412BD1), (DENO-4164D1), (DENO-4164D1).
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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