Bronze enamelled brooch

Description

A bronze enamelled, circular brooch. It is decorated with red and blue enamel. There are lobed extensions around the edge of the brooch. The pin is missing.

Object data

Accession number

MG 139/098

Creator

Roman (possibly)

Date made

1st millennium BC

Materials

Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze; Glass; Enamel

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Place of collection

Culture

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Bronze enamelled brooch | Metal,Copper Alloy,Bronze, Glass,Enamel | 1st millennium BC | The Hunt Collection | PD

Provenance

File of material relating to two bronze and enamelled brooches. Includes document comprising photocopy of information card for each object with photocopy of image of objects (date unspecified). Originally dated to the seventh century; photocopy of letter (2 June 1995) from Susan Youngs, Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum, to Michael Holland, Registrar, Hunt Museum. A colleague of hers says that both are Roman types of the second-third centuries.

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