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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-derivative, Wroxeter Type and of later 1st - 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 28.5mm, a surviving depth of 9.4mm and a weight of 5.8g). The missing spring was hinged within semi-tubular wings behind the head. Iron corrosion around the hinge suggest that an iron axis bar or pin was employed. Above the head are the remains of an integral chain loop, broken across the perforation above the ribbed plate (10.5mm wide and 2.2mm thick). The hinge projected beyond the chain-loop plate (with a width of 14.7mm). The upper bow is of rectangular section with straight parallel sides (9.3mm wide), decorated with vertical, rectangular cells. The cells were filled with alternating coloured rectangles, of which only some of the orange enamel now survives. At the base of the enamelled cells is a raised, globular moulding (4mm diameter). The bow has broken across the top of the leg, which appears to have been of sub-triangular section. The surface has a mid green-brown patina.
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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