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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative / Polden Hill variant type. Missing spring, pin. Part of spring chord still held by the rear hook. The axis bar was held by 5mm wide flaps folded over at wing ends. The arm mouldings consist of a beaded rib flanked by grooves near the centre, a convex mouling and a knob at the terminal.The bow is almost D-section but with a slightly convex back and tapers to a blunt point. A central rib is flanked by narrow single grooves and a flute towards the edge. The catchplate does not have a pin groove. Length 48mm, width 37mm. Not one of the standard sub-groups of this type? | Subjects: | Colchester derivative (Polden Hill variant) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plouviez, Judith | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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