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Description: | The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, a Polden Hill type which dates to the 1st century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy.
The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, however, only one wing is complete. The other wing has been broken by the bow head. The break is not recent, as the patina covers the break. The remaining wing terminates with a wing cap that has a central hole. The hole supports a copper alloy axis bar. The remaining wing is decorated with four vertical ridges. At the junction of the bow head and upper edge of the wings, there is a small central, integral hook, which would have held the spring in place. The spring is coiled around the axis bar, with 12 coils, which have fused together due to corrosion. The pin is missing. The bow head is hump-like and at the junction of the bow is decorated with three horizontal ridges, before the bow is broken. In profile, the bow head forms an inverted curvaceous ??L?? shape. The bow is semi-circular in section. The surface of the brooch has traces of a dark green patina.
The brooch measures 16.74mm long from the upper hook to the bow foot, and 18.63mm wide across the wings. It weighs 4.8g. | Subjects: | Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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