Romano-British 'Hattatt' Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (1 3/8 in.) (50 grams total, 85 mm (Brooch: 35 mm)).

Piriform type with open roundel to centre, scalloped edge, traces of blue enamel to plaque; mounted on old Hattatt's collector's stand with typed details 'Roman Britain Piriform Plate Brooc[h] / (very rare shape) / c. 2nd cent. AD / Enamelled bronze / Hinged pin / Found Northumberland' and to reverse 'M.R. Hull's corpus records only one other (with part missing) pl.781, no.2173' and handwritten note below 'Published Hattatt 1985-No.592'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Northumberland.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, lot 296 (part).
From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK.

Published

Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, no.592, with full discussion.

CONDITION

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