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Description: | The object is an incomplete brooch, made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, which terminate with wing caps. The caps have a central hole which support the iron axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled seven times. The coils are incomplete as the outer portions have been abraded. The pin is missing. The bow head is hump-like and decorated with an inverted ??V?? shaped ridge which continues down the bow. At the junction of the bow head and the upper edge of the wings is a small integral hook which is holding in place a horizontal element of the spring. The bow is semi-circular in section and only a fragment of the bow remains, therefore the catchplate is missing. The break of the bow is not recent. The brooch has a matte mid green surface. It measures 15.76mm long from the upper hook to the bow break, and 12.81mm wide across the wings. It weighs 2.1g.
The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece; Polden Hill type which dates to the 1st century AD. | Subjects: | Colchester Two-Piece Polden Hill | 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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