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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-Headed, Wroxeter Type and of 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 548.4mm, a depth of 20.0mm and a weight of 11.0g). The spring is held between lateral lugs around a copper alloy axis bar, secured within perforations of the lugs. The chord is damaged but was internal, tensioned below the spring and its curve is mirrored the base of the head. The head is of semi-circular form (13.9mm wide) and has a groove near the top. The chain-loop above the head is intact (with a diameter of 8.7mm and thickness of 7mm) but corrosion or concretion has filled the perforation (of 5mm internal diameter). The upper bow is of sub-triangular section with straight, near-parallel sides to the mid-bow (with a width and thickness below the head of 6.6mm and 3.8mm respectively). Each side of the upper bow is decorated with a column of opposing triangular cells filled with alternating orange and white enamel. There is a channel along the centre of the bow and there is the suggestion that it contained a possible zigzag rib defining small triangular cells for enamel. The cells only partially survive near the base of the mid-bow but the enamel also appears to be orange and white. Beneath the enamelled cells are moulded leaves. The leg is of sub-triangular section with straight sides, gradually converging towards the foot. There is no applied decoration evident on the leg. The foot is semicircular and projects forward. The catch-plate is positioned at the centre of the rear of the leg, beginning as a rib and arcing from the mid-bow, from the rear of the leaves. The rear of the catch is decorated with an incised zigzag and a step on the between the rear and the plate is decorated with punched diagonals forming a repeating 'V' motif. The surface of the brooch has rich, dark-brown patina and has a recently applied white deposit over some of the surface.The Wroxeter brooch Type is a distinctive British brooch with a widespread distribution (Hattatt 1987, p 145)[1], corresponding to Hull's Type 151. The decoration on the sides of the upper bow is somewhat unusual for the type but the brooch can be broadly paralleled with an example recorded by Hattatt (1987, no. 983, pp 146) from Norfolk with an unusual button on the mid-bow. [1] Hattatt, R., 1987; Brooches of Antiquity
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