Enamel Brooch with Animal Head, Bronze
This beautiful Roman bow brooch is a reconstruction of a find from a private collection. This form of brooch was widespread in the early 2nd century, and similar pieces can be found in numerous other museum collections, e.g. in the Saalburg Museum.
Roman enamel brooch with animal head
This unusual Roman bow brooch is a reconstruction of a find from a private collection. This form of brooch was widespread in the early 2nd century, and similar pieces can be found in numerous other museum collections, e.g. in the Saalburg Museum. The animal head is reminiscent of the head of a turtle. The reconstruction is handcrafted from real bronze and has a functional iron pin. Size 42 x 20mm.
Roman enamel brooches
Towards the end of the 1st century, fashion and taste change in the Roman provinces. As with belt fashion, coloured ornaments became increasingly popular on brooches, and small-sized brooches with colourful enamel inlays in particular were now in keeping with the tastes of the time. The art of making glass inlays can be traced back to Celtic roots and reached its peak in the Roman imperial period with artistic glass melting using the millefiori technique. Especially in Britain and in the Gallo-Belgian area, glass processing had a long tradition. To produce the glass mass, silicate minerals and quartz sand are melted down and coloured with metal oxides such as cobalt or manganese oxide. The basic mass is then crushed into a fine powder that is melted onto the metal at high temperatures. The enamel used in ancient times had a melting point of about 680 degrees Celsius, whereas today's industrial enamel paints have to be processed at around 800 degrees. This results in some problems during production, as the carrier metal is already glowing at these temperatures and, in addition to the dangers of bubble formation and oxidation, tensions can also form in the material due to different coefficients of expansion. To get around this, many manufacturers use cold enamels based on synthetic resin, which can be processed without heating. Our reconstruction, however, has authentic inlays of real enamel glass.
Literature:
A. Böhme, Die Fibeln der Kastelle Saalburg und Zugmantel. Saalburg-Jahrb. 29, 1972, 5-112
Delivery time | 3-4 weeks |
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weight | 0.020000 |
size | 40 mm |
Era | Romans |
Material | Bronze |
Kind of replica | Fibulae and Brooches |
scope of delivery | With jewellery case |