Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

PLATE BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP1575

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper-alloy composite plate brooch consisting of four conjoined discs with lozenge at centre. There is a copper-alloy pellet at the centre of each of the five cells forming a recess for enamel. The lozenge cell is infilled with red enamel, all of which survives. Two opposing circular cells contain blue enamel. The enamel in the other two opposing cells does not survive, but traces suggest it to be bright turquoise. Single, pierced lug on reverse for hinge, pin missing, iron axis bar in hinge. Short catchplate, edges damaged. Traces of white metal coating on raised borders on upper surface.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Composite

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2001

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE EXTON

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: RAH1488
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Early-medieval enamelled disc brooch with peripheral lugs, a very narrow flat outer plate and raised infilled step centre which takes up most…
Workflow: Published

Find number: SF4761
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Copper alloy chatelaine brooch. Missing pin, damaged lugs and catchplate, missing chatelaine bar and one side lug. The pin was hinged on 2 cl…
Workflow: Published

Find number: SF6190
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Copper alloy enamelled domed disc brooch with projections. Missing pin, catchplate, one side knob, damaged and corroded margins. The pin was h…
Workflow: Published

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.