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Description: | A very well-preserved and unusual Roman trumpet-type brooch of somewhat angular form. The brooch is made from copper-alloy with a high tin content and has panels of red enamel. The colour of the metal is a uniform mid-grey. The brooch has a circular head on the top of which is a circular loop, now broken. The pin is missing but the spring and separate bar survive well; the bar is held in place by two rounded tabs which project forward from the sides of the head. The brooch has three red enamel cells on the head, two circular and one of double peltaic form. The bow has a circular section and changes angle sharply just behind the head. On the angle is a double-collared expansion which tapers to a point at each end and which is decorated with a series of nine closely-spaced grooves (these may formerly have held enamel). Below the expansion are two cells, both filled with red enamel; one is pelta-shaped and one is circular. The rest of the bow is undecorated. The lower part of the bow tapers gently to a blunt terminal on which is short plain catchplate. Emerging opposite the catchplate is a short rounded rectangular projection with seven short grooves, each filled with red enamel. The bow terminal, the catchplate and the grooved projection all form an abruptly-flattened foot.No parallels for this brooch are known at present.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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