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PLATE BROOCH

Unique ID: LVPL56

Object type certainty: Certain

Disc brooch with a coloured glass cone in the centre. Glass is mottled dark brown and cream in colour. The metal surrounding the central cone is divided into two concentric circles of equal width by a thin bead which is repeated on the edge to form a low rim around the brooch perimeter. The circles are infilled with incised fine wavy line decoration which has been gilded. A substantial amount of the gilding remains. The hinge and catchplate remain. Pin is missing.

Notes:

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Class: Tutulus Type

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 175
Date to: Circa AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 34 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Glass [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Fabricated [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Incised [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
To be known as: CUMBRIA KENDAL

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Nick Herepath - [ view all attributed records]

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    Created: Wednesday 10th June 1998
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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