Penannular brooch
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Name/Title
Penannular broochEntry/Object ID
X.FRA 806Description
Penannular brooch of bronze, with terminals decorated with blue enamel and silver inlay, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD The large penannular ring has blunt expanded terminals decorated with a dog-tooth ornament and a broken-backed curve inlaid with silver and enamel. The pin is slightly curved with a flat and expanded tip and is free to rotate around most of the ring.Use
Used as both a fashion accessory and a symbol of status. When worn, cloth was slipped over the pin, and the ring turned to hold the pin and cloth fast.Context
Found beside a burial crushed beneath stones, may have been a part of funerary goods. This brooch is an elaborate example of a native type which originated before the Roman occupation. It may have been made when the style was going out of fashion, replaced by other forms of penannular brooches.Collection
National Museums ScotlandCategory
Brooch
Jewellery
Acquisition
Accession
X.FRA 806Made/Created
Date made
68 - 200Time Period
1st - 2nd centuryEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
EuropeCulture/Tribe
Romano British