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Description: | Large example of a Polden Hill type brooch. Typical oval mouldings to either side of the head forming which extend beneath the head forming a bulgea bulge; rearward facing hook holds the chord of the spring which is housed in the semi-cylindrical head with perforated end lugs supporting the axis bar. The bow is decorated with a triple median rib moulding with zig-zag centre line, the rib bi-furcates at the top of the head to form a petal to either side of the hook. Openwork catchplate which includes two incuse petal mouldings on one side of the catchplate only. An extension of the catchplate up the bow to beneath the head is milled on its edge on one side of the brooch only. The bow terminates in rounded foot knob. | Subjects: | Polden Hill type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Herepath, Nick - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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