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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Dolphin or Polden Hill variant type brooch. The brooch would have had a spring mechanism, held in place by an external chord but this is now missing. Only four turns of the spring survive behind the head casing. The terminals of the head casing have a projecting loop to keep the spring chord in place. Part of the chord survives; it runs through the surviving turns and into one of the end loops.
The head proper of the brooch comprises the wings, which the spring would have sat behind. Each wing has been decorated with a series of vertical grooves. The bow is long and tapering. A spine ridge runs down the centre of the brooch. It is most prominent at the head. The edges of the bow have also been decorated with a vertical ridge.
The bow terminates with the foot which is undecorated. Behind the foot an openwork catchplate still survives. The reverse of the brooch is also undecorated. The surface of the metal is a light greyish-green colour.
This type of brooch dates from the 1st century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p301. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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