|
Date: |
|
Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment. An unusual hybrid trumpet brooch, which has a possible dog modelled on the upper bow which may be drawn from the headstud brooch tradition where it may appear 75-150 (Mackreth 2011, volume 1 page 105), integrally cast, rather than being added to the brooch as is the case when it appears on headstud brooches. The straight flat bow with a catch plate which retains evidence for more than four rhomboid cut-outs is also unusual and probably an early combination of traits. This brooch form is not readily paralleled in Mackreth 2011.A cast trumpet head with a central aris is hollow behind with a probably separate round section hook inserted into its back to retain the spring (now lost); the edge of the head is abraded. The inserted bent rod, apparently of drawn wire, may be silvered - another early trait. Below its crest, the bow is surmounted by an integrally cast moulding apparently representing the muzzle, pricked ears and shoulders of a dog. Below this feature, the bow becomes a straight thin and almost spatulate element of lentoid section with longitudinal borders, with a rounded U-shaped end and a pierced catch plate with more than four sub-rectangular cut-outs.Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-100.Length: 57.1mm, Width: 11.8mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.4mm, Weight: 10.20gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy brooch. Headstud brooch,…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy and ironBrooch. Hinged…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy Brooch. Headstud Brooch,…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloyBrooch. Trumpet Brooch (cf.…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy Brooch. Copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy Brooch. Trumpet Brooch,…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy brooch. Trumpet brooch,…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloyBrooch fragment. Headstud Brooch.…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloy with silver or…
-
BROOCH
Copper alloyBrooch fragment. Cast head…
|