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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The brooch measures 29.6mm by 13.7mm by 17.4mm and weighs 6.64g. It has suffered an old break as the leg begins; the leg and foot are missing, as well as the pin and its mechanism. It has a trumpet-shaped head with a protruding point corresponding to the spur of the loop on the lower surface. The loop is set at the base of the lower surface which is shallowly concave. The upper surface is decorated with a spray of three blue enamel petals at the cardinal points (with the exception of the lowermost); between these are filler areas of red enamel.From the head the bow travels upwards at a 45 degree angle. Either side of a low central ridge are shallow recessed cells which follow the curving to the bow's sides. These both contain red enamel traces, missing towards the centre of each cell on both sides. Beyond, on each side, is a small sub-oval cell filled with blue enamel. As it rises the bow narrows to a waist measuring 4.2mm. It then widens into a central button formed of a half disc of semicircular cross-section to which three bars attach to each side (petalling); these emerge from a transverse ridge. As it widens the bow travels downwards through about 90 degrees; this is considered to be the result of old damage and may be associated with the loss of the leg.The upper part of the leg which survives has a cross-shaped cross-section. This seems to equate to a central longitudinal ridge on the upper surface and the catch-plate on the lower. On the sides of the upper surface are the beginnings of longitudinal cells with zig-zag tops. To one side a cell retains a small patch of red enamel.Brooches of this type with a spray of three petals on the head are grouped by Mackreth (2011, 119) as 1.2b3; an exampe from Wroxeter was found before AD 130. An example can be found illustrated (ibid., 83/Pl. 80; no. 4926). This brooch has a variable mid-green patina.
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