Brooch
Large silver-gilt trumpet brooch of Mackreth's Trumpet brooch sub-type 1.2c1 with petalled knop. Head is slightly hollow with R-shaped attachment for spring. Elaborate scroll pattern on head (two large open scrolls with complex moulding inside; separated by two trumpet like mouldings; the central moulding then curls back on itself into two tight scrolls above the central petalled knop, the lower bow in triangular in section and has two curvilinear relief-moulded designs resembling stylised waves, with projecting points, and diminishing in size toward the foot. The lower bow (recently broken and detached) has a knurled double moulding above the petalled foot, which terminates in a circular boss, with a central projection. The pin and head loop are missing. The catchplate has four perforations, three in a triangular formation towards the top and a single perforation towards the bottom. The outer edge of the catchplate is decorated with incised lines forming two elongated rectangular panels with internal oblique lines). A petalled rosette mount with a central boss, silver gilt, originally attached to the now missing head loop, is almost certainly from this brooch. The rear of the rosette is broken but two small round channels can be seen which held the headloop. Detached examples have been found at Wroxeter and Bourton on the Water (Boon 1978). Parcel-gilt, where the background is gilt leaving the silver scroll work to stand out in relief.
Weight before cleaning: main brooch 84.2g, broken foot 6.2g; detached rosette 3.1g (total 93.5 g, but cleaning to remove soil will reduce this by several grams). Width at head: 25mm; Length (without headloop) 89mm.
The seperate rosette consists of eleven thin petals surrounding a small conical boss, separated from it by a shallow moulded ring. The petals are spaced evenly with reserved spaces between them. The whole design is mounted on a circular base, 4.4mm thick with a concave edge and 4 moulded ridges around the circumference. Attached underneath the base is a thick, perpendicular cuboid fitting with two perforations and a concave lower edge decorated with mouldings. Two fragments of wire found with the rosette were probably originally threaded through the perforations, now no longer attached. The upper surface and sides of the base are gilded
Quantity
1
Weight
93.5 g
Length
8.9 cm
Width
2.5 cm
Material
Silver
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