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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-05EBA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This appears to be a simplified form of the more usual highly stepped type of enamelled brooch with corner lugs. Viewed from the front the left hand side lug and also the lower side lug are broken and missing. The two surviving lugs which are roughly circular in outline have a crudely executed concentric moulded circle inside which is a small circular indentation. A central lozenge-shaped panel which is 14mm in height and width is only very slightly raised from the base plate. Between the central panel and the outside edges of the brooch is a field of regular width. This field, the central panel and the circular indentations on the side lugs were probably filled with enamel. However, no enamel has survived. The rear of the brooch is flat. At the top, just below the upper corner lug is a pair of perforated lugs for a hinged pin which is now missing. The lugs had semi-circular ends although the end of one lug is broken and missing. A small amount of iron corrosion appears to be situated within the surviving perforation, suggesting that the hinge bar was made of iron rather than copper alloy. The brooch is very worn and a regular mid-green coloured patina survives on both surfaces.
Notes:
For further information on lozenge-shaped plate brooches see Hattatt, R. 1987, 197-202.
Class:
Plate
Sub class: Lozenge
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Ascribed Culture:
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th April 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2003-93-3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1987 | Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 197-202 |
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