File:Detail of the head of enamelled trumpet brooch (FindID 182526).jpg

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Detail of the head of enamelled trumpet brooch
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2007-06-07 10:29:07
Title
Detail of the head of enamelled trumpet brooch
Description
English: Roman brooch; Large, cast copper alloy trumpet brooch with elaborate decoration and enamelling. Brooch has sprung pin made from single length of wire coiled 6 times around axis. Much of pin is still present, although 2 small pieces of the spring have broken away (still present). Brooch has broad trumpet head with abstract design inlaid with red and dark blue enamel. The bow has a large, rounded, central boss with 6 decorative cast knobs. The boss is bordered at top and bottom by two transverse ridges. The lower bow has a sawtooth design, inlaid with red enamel. The foot is flat and circular. The catchplate is short but broad and is still mostly present. The brooch has an overall deeply concave profile.

Length (span – top of head to bottom of foot) 56.2mm, width (head at pin axis) 20.4mm, width (central boss) 14.0mm, width (foot) 10.2mm, depth (front of central boss to back of pin) 40.3mm, thickness (just below central boss) 7.1mm Weight (all three fragments) 40.90g

Ref: Similar enamelled trumpet brooches can be seen in Hattatt, page 327, figure 186.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 50 and 150
Accession number
FindID: 182526
Old ref: DENO-7BCF74
Filename: E5488 enamelled trumpet head detail.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/140742
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/140742/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/182526
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Object location53° 08′ 58.56″ N, 0° 51′ 56.47″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current03:08, 27 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:08, 27 January 20171,105 × 2,045 (76 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, DENO, FindID: 182526, roman, page 1242, batch count 3173