Roman copper alloy mount of Boucher's (2008) Type B5 dating to the period c. AD 80 - 250. Openwork circular terminals (one broken) with short projections to either side before a central, raised rectangular plate. The circular terminals each has a crescent-shaped cell retaining corroded blue enamel or glass, and the outer edge of the complete circle may be damaged, suggesting a possible further elemnet sucha as a knop has broken off. There is a circular hole through the rectangular plate now filled with corroded iron and surounded by a circular collar or rove on the reverse. There are two integral rivets, one broken and one with a T-shaped head, on the reverse. Length at least 33mm. Width 14mm. Surviving rivet to hold a thickness of circa 3mm.
Examples of enamelled Roman mounts with T-shaped rivets include WILT-B03D73, ESS-7E7BB6 and ESS-EF6515. They belong to a class of objects which exhibit characteristics in common with enamelled disc and plate brooches of the same period, indicating that similar motifs were employed across a range of dress accessories, of which brooches are the most common.
Boucher (ibid) suggests that they may have functioned as decorative elements on leather or fabric bags or purses.
Roman copper alloy mount of Boucher's (2008) Type B5 dating to the period c. AD 80 - 250. Openwork circular terminals (one broken) with short projections to either side before a central, raised rectangular plate. The circular terminals each has a crescent-shaped cell retaining corroded blue enamel or glass, and the outer edge of the complete circle may be damaged, suggesting a possible further elemnet sucha as a knop has broken off. There is a circular hole through the rectangular plate now filled with corroded iron and surounded by a circular collar or rove on the reverse. There are two integral rivets, one broken and one with a T-shaped head, on the reverse. Length at least 33mm. Width 14mm. Surviving rivet to hold a thickness of circa 3mm.
Examples of enamelled Roman mounts with T-shaped rivets include WILT-B03D73, ESS-7E7BB6 and ESS-EF6515. They belong to a class of objects which exhibit characteristics in common with enamelled disc and plate brooches of the same period, indicating that similar motifs were employed across a range of dress accessories, of which brooches are the most common.
Boucher (ibid) suggests that they may have functioned as decorative elements on leather or fabric bags or purses.
A RDF representation of NMS-410B73
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NMS-410B73
NMS-410B73
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Incomplete
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Width
33.
Length
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Classification of object
The surface treatment of the object