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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Wirral style brooch from the 2nd century AD. It is a hinged example of which a small amount of the iron hinge remains. The head is stepped, as is typical of this type, but the headloop is missing. The stepped head is decorated with a series of grooves, or wavy lines. The upper bow is decorated with vertical panels which would original have contained coloured enamel. Only one of the central panel retains its enamel - this is red - the remaining panels are now empty. There is the remains of a box or stud at the centre of the bow that appears to have traces of degraded enamel. The lower part of the bow is missing. Most of the object has a dark green patina although some of this patina is missing, possibly due to modern plough damage.The brooch is 45mm long; with a maximum width at the head end of11.5mm and is 4.2mm thick at the centre of the bow; it weighs 10.6gThis type of brooch is known as the Wirral type as the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral and it also now thought that this is where the main (if not only) production site was based (Philpott; 1999; 275). The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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