IRON AGE & ROMAN BROOCHES
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| WRA 10986 |
Roman Kraftig Profilierte Brooch. A well-made
bronze Kraftig profilierte brooch with a sharply tapered, ribbed bow,
pronounced moulded head, and a knobbed foot above an elongated
catchplate. A classic, well-balanced example of this early Roman type.
1st century AD. See Richard Hattatt, Brooches of Antiquity, p. 35,
no. 763. Length: 42 mm. Complete with its original working pin. |
£115.00 |
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| WRA 10987 |
Roman Jezerine Brooch. A Jezerine-type brooch made
from a single piece of bronze with the classic arched, lightly faceted
bow and forward-projecting foot. Mid 1st century AD. See Richard Hattatt,
Brooches of Antiquity, p. 25, no. 746 for a similar example. Length: 45
mm. Complete with working pin. This type is
strongly associated with Roman military and the Danubian frontier. |
£130.00 |
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| WRA 10988 |
Celtic La Tène III Brooch. A late La Tène III
brooch made from a single piece of bronze which forms the highly arched
bow and large flat catchplate. 1st century BC. Length: 45 mm. Complete
with working pin. No exact parallel for this brooch
appears in Richard Hattatt’s published volumes. |
£130.00 |
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| WRA 11000 |
Openwork Plate Brooch. A bronze Roman openwork
plate brooch formed as four axes joined at the base, creating a
distinctive cruciform design. The brooch retains its hinge and
catchplate, with most of the original tinned or silvered surface still
present. As is typical for the type, the iron pin is missing. 2nd–3rd
century AD. See Richard Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts,
p. 165, no. 1624. Size: 37 × 38 mm. |
£135.00 |
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| WRA 11001 |
Openwork Plate Brooch. A bronze Roman openwork
plate brooch in the form of a swastika motif within a square border, a
recognised decorative type of the 2nd–3rd century AD. The brooch retains
its hinge and catchplate, with much of the original tinned or silvered
surface still present. The iron pin is missing, as is typical for the
type. Published parallel: Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts,
p. 165, no. 1625. Size: 31 × 34 mm. |
£155.00 |
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| WRA 11011 |
Romano-British Enamelled Duck Brooch. A fine
Romano-British enamelled zoomorphic brooch in the form of a swimming
duck with an unusual hooked bill. Cast bronze with most of the orange
and blue enamel intact. 2nd Century AD. See Richard Hattatt, Brooches of
Antiquity, p. 233, no. 1166 for a similar example. Found in
Lincolnshire. Length: 30 mm. Approximately half of the working pin
remaining. |
Reserved |
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| WRA 11013 |
Roman Hound / Hare Brooch. A Roman bronze
zoomorphic brooch in the form of a running hound or possibly a hare, the
body lightly decorated with zig-zag lines. Green patina with light soil
deposits. 2nd–3rd Century AD. Length: 33 mm. A continental European
type with no exact parallel in Hattatt, though stylistically consistent
with Roman provincial zoomorphic brooches from Gaul and the Rhineland.
Pin missing, as typical for this type. |
£195.00 |
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| WRA 11014 |
Roman Enamelled Lozenge Plate Brooch. An attractive
Roman enamelled plate brooch with a raised central lozenge and four
projecting round lugs. While similar forms appear in Hattatt, there is
no exact parallel, making this an interesting variant. Good surviving
enamel remains within the recessed fields. 2nd Century AD. Dimensions:
38 mm × 38 mm. Complete apart from the pin. An appealing and
well-preserved example of a less common geometric enamelled type. |
£145.00 |
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| WRA 3455 |
Celtic La Te'ne I Brooch A La Te'ne I brooch, made from a single piece of bronze which forms the body spring and pin, the foot hooked shaped with a knob terminal. 4th-3rd Century BC. 33 mm long.
Complete with a working pin. |
£48.00 |
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| WRA 5150 |
Celtic La Te'ne II Brooch. A La Te'ne II brooch,
made from a single piece of bronze that forms the pin, spring, flat
lozenge shaped body and catch-plate, this loops back and hooks on to the
bow. 2nd-1st Century BC. 56 mm high. Complete with working pin. |
£85.00 |
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| WRA 6175 |
Celtic La Te'ne III Brooch. A La Te'ne III brooch,
made from a single piece of bronze which forms the body, spring and pin,
the bow is of flat section and deeply arched. 1st century BC/AD. 33 mm
high. Complete with working pin. |
£55.00 |
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| WRA 5151 |
Celtic Schusselfibel Brooch. The Schusselfibel
(spoon shaped) brooch is a short lived continental type of the later half
of the 1st century BC. loosely based on the La Te'ne III type. This
example is complete with working pin and in very good condition with an
attractive green patina. A long slender type measuring 66 mm high with
deep grooved decoration to the bow. See Hattatt No 747. From Thrace.
Rare. |
£145.00 |
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| WRA 6177 |
Roman Hod Hill type brooch. An attractive bronze
Hod Hill type (no side lugs) brooch, with deep arched bow decorated with a
large saltire of black niello. 1st century AD. See Hattatt No 330 for
similar. 42 mm long. Complete with working pin and much of the bright
tinned surface. |
£125.00 |
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| WRA 5143 |
Roman Iron 'P' Shaped Brooch. The large iron 'P'
shaped brooch with returned foot that is fixed to the bow by a coil.
2nd-3rd Century AD. 81 mm long. Complete and in very good condition for
iron. |
£45.00 |
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| WRA 9034 |
Romano British Penannular brooch. An early bronze
penannular brooch of round section which tapers down to scrolled back
terminals, half the body decorated with incised lines. 1st century AD.
See Hattatt # 651 for similar. 24 mm diameter. Attractive patina and
complete with working pin. Found Ancaster area in the 1970's. |
£65.00 |
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| WRA 8163 |
Roman Penannular brooch. A copper-alloy penannular
brooch of round cross-section. The terminals are spherical with two
collars behind. The pin is arched downwards to facilitate the folds of
cloth. Circa 1st century AD. Fowler Type A3. Lincolnshire. 30 mm
diameter. Attractive dark brown patina and complete with working pin. |
£45.00 |
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| WRA 5642 |
Roman Openwork Brooch. An elaborate openwork bronze
brooch. 2nd-3rd Century AD. 27 mm diameter. Complete with pin.
Unrecorded type no parallel to be found in Hattatt's |
£75.00 |
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| WRA 3680 |
Roman Openwork Plate Brooch A bronze crescent shaped openwork plate brooch with scroll work ends. 2nd Century AD. European. 27 mm long.
Complete with working pin. |
£85.00 |
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| WRA 3674 |
Roman Openwork Plate Brooch An elegant bronze openwork plate brooch, using the pure Celtic trumpet motif design. 2nd-3rd Century AD. European. 31 mm long.
Complete with pin. |
£115.00 |
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| WRA 3825 |
Roman Skeuomorphic Brooch A bronze Skeuomorphic brooch in the form of a cornucopia with tripled knobbed foot. 2nd Century AD. See Hattatt No 1149. 41 mm long.
Rare, no pin. |
£85.00 |
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| WRA 6179 |
Roman Plate brooch. A very good condition bronze
wheel brooch, with eight small lugs around the outer edge and a four spoke
design in the centre. 1st Century AD. See Hattatt No 1004 for similar. 38
mm diameter. Complete with pin and much of the bright tinned surface. |
£150.00 |
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