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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD75 - 175) copper alloy Trumpet brooch. It measures 61.28mm in length, 16.13mm in width and weighs 13.19g.The whole of the brooch is extant, except for the lower part of the pin and the head loop, which is entirely missing, and wear on the curl of the catch plate. The wings, an extended D shape in cross section, project backwards from the head, enclosing the hinge of the pin, of which 33.33mm remain. The head narrows from its widest point in the way typical of trumpet brooches, to a point 22.60mm below the top of the head, where two transverse flat ridges flank a projecting button. Below the button are two further such ridges and from there the bow narrows further, to 3.50mm at the terminal where it widens into a hoof-like foot 5.50mm in width. The catch plate, 28.10mm in length, projects from the inside edge of the bow. Both sections of the bow are straight, the upper part falling outwards from the head, the lower part, below the button, angled a little inwards.The outer face of the bow is ornate. The whole has a triangular cross section (except for the button) and a pronounced central spine. The upper section of the bow has a symmetrical pattern either side of the central spine, with triangular shapes created by raised mouldings just below the top of the flare of the trumpet and just above the button. Between these is a stylised foliate shape. Below the button there is a chevron pattern moulded into the bow, each 'tooth' of the chevron projecting out from the raised central spine . The cells created by the pattern of raised shapes may have held enamel and there are traces of a reddish colour in one small area of the upper part of the bow.The button is 6mm in height, 10.66mm in width and 5.77mm in thickness though there is a circular concave area within the back of the button, presumably to lessen weight. It is decorated with a horizontal wave or scallop shaped pattern at the top and at the bottom of the projection of the button.See Hattatt 2012 p 327 fig186 no957 for an almost identical 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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