Brooch

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Brooch

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 823

Description

Disc-shaped brooch with red enamelling, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Use

A functional item for fastening clothes, also used as decoration, jewellery.

Context

Found in the Praetentura, north end.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Brooch
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 823

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan - L.2021.101

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.324

Material

Bronze, Glass, Enamel

Color

Green, Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Related Publications

Publication

A Roman Frontier Post and Its People

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page on the National Museums Scotland website

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Brooches were clothing-fasteners worn like safety pins, by men and women. They also served as fashion accessories and symbols of status. They were made in many different designs. The ‘dragonesque’ type with animal heads is influenced by Celtic art and is typical of Roman Britain. The trumpet-shaped brooches are also British designs.

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

Description of the brooch on Curle's report: 3. Brooch of bronze (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 1). Found in the Praetentura, north end. Decorated with two concentric bands of enamel. The inner band is red, with raised spots of metal appearing at intervals. The central ornament, which was probably a raised boss, is missing.