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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative with a variant of the Polden Hill type of spring attachment. Missing spring, pin, catchplate; the bow is extremely bent. The wing ends have 8mm wide tabs folded around at the back to enclose the ends of the axis bar; the spring chord was held by a rear hook. The wings have a single terminal and single diagonal groove. The bow has a flattish back and tapers slightly to a blunt point. A centre band is defined by single grooves and has horizontal grooves (now very worn or abraded). The catchplate was fitted into a slot, visible on the back and end of the bow. Width 34mm, surviving length 43mm, originally probably around 55mm. The type is published at Scole (Mackreth in Rogerson, 1973, p.130, EAA 5) no.2 and at West Stow (West 1989, p.71, EAA 48) no.160, but the decorative detail on the bow is more comparable to an eg from Edwardstone, Suffolk. | Subjects: | Colchester derivative (Polden Hill variant / rear hook) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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