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Description: | An almost complete copper alloy and enamel Roman (AD 50-175) Colchester Derivative (T-shape) brooch of enamelled type with acanthus 'trumpet style' button at the centre, missing its chain-loop (old break). It measures 48.2mm in length and weighs 10.00g.The tubular wings are square in cross-section with the edge from which the bow projects extending upwards into a rectangular panel 7.8x5.1x1.7mm. It has a sunken central area filled with the remains of patches of (now) red and white enamel. Arranged horizontally across the centre are four raised squares. Projecting upwards from the centre of the edge is the stump (4.5x1.6mm) of the broken chain-loop.The wings span 10.8mm in width and have a hinge mechanism to the reverse. The axis bar can be seen at either end, with one end also containing a white substance. The pin has a triangular head 1.1mm thick, expanding to 1.8mm in diameter at the pin. It narrows to a point over 36.5mm.The bow extends from the front of the wings, 8.5x3.1mm in cross-section. It curves forwards in a steep curve to the central half-acanthus style decoration from where it tapers gently to the foot. The upper bow is decorated with two rectangular cells (a copper alloy wall dividing them and defining their outside walls). The remains of a (now) turquoise and red enamel fills these cells as squares, five in each and alternating to give a chequered pattern across both cells.The half-acanthus decoration (moulded to the front only) has a short waisted area above and below (7.8mm and 7.1mm in width respectively). The half-acanthus itself is hexagonal in shape with both a vertical and horizontal ridge creating four sloping quarters. Moulded triangles are at each corner, composed of a stack of two or three horizontally-arranged ribs.The lower bow is triangular in cross-section (being flat to the reverse) with a central ridge. It narrows from 6.2mm to 4.2mm at the ankle which has a rib and splayed foot below (6.1mm wide), decorated with a raised triangle at each corner.To the reverse the intact catchplate extends for the length of the lower bow and is flanked either side with a groove.Mackreth illustrates a brooch with a similar enamel-decorated area beneath the chain-loop, one of his 'Alternative headstud' types (2011 vol2; 73, plate 70, ref.7031.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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