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BROOCH
Unique ID: WREX-698182
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Roman plate brooch with enamelled cells dating c. 100-200AD. The brooch is sexfoil in shape and consists of six conjoined tear-drop shaped cells. These cells are joined together at the centre with a single copper alloy pellet. Each cell has a single copper alloy pellet at the wide end. The wide, outer edge, of each cell has a further pellet projection. The cells are filled with alternating coloured enamel - white (pale blue), dark blue (turquoise) and red - two cells of each colour. On the back of the brooch is a pierced projection for the hinge and pin, which is now missing, and a short catchplate. The brooch has a pale green patina and the enamel in the cells is slightly cracked and crazed.
Height: 33.0mm; width: 28.2mm; thickness: 2.0mm; weight: 6.6g
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: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 33 mm
Width: 28.2 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 6.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th June 2018 - Monday 17th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 170918/04
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
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: Welbourn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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