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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-670DA8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman plate brooch of skeuomorphic design in the shape of a shoe, slipper, boot or sandal. The brooch is flat and in plan is pointed at one end, has a narrow waist in the middle and is rounded at the other end. There is a broken loop at the rounded end. The upper face of the object is decorated with a pointed oval of red enamel on one side of the toe end and on the opposite side of the heal end of the object upon a field of dark blue enamel.
On the rear of the object are the remains of a spring, consisting of two and a half turns of copper alloy on an axis bar. Examples of these brooches usually contain a hinged rather than a sprung pin, for an example see Downes, A (2012) SWYOR-F39F06 A ROMAN BROOCH Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/508292. At the toe end is an incomplete catch plate.
Similar examples can be found in Mackreth, (2011), vol 2, Plate 123, p126, all of which have hinged pins.
Snape (1993) notes that "They are decorated with spots of enamel to represent hobnails" and that "Sandal brooches may represent the left or the right foot, and may have a rounded or pointed toe. The type is found in Britain and on the Continent".
Class:
Skeuomorphic (sole)
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) OBJECT 1.1c-1.1e Plate 123
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Exactly AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.2 mm
Width: 8.19 mm
Thickness: 6.11 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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