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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 ?? 200 (length: 62.5mm; width at wings: 31mm; thickness/ depth: 21.5mm; weight: 28.2g). This Polden Hill brooch can be classified as a Group ??b??: ??Heavier brooches, usually large; the upper bow humped forward over the crossbar; the effect often increased by a slight lateral extension showing as disc-shaped flanges beside it. The tapering lower bow is usually plain but the upper half can have a range of cut or moulded decoration, sometimes enamelled. A few have footknobs, some have cutouts in the catchplate??, as discussed by Bayley & Butcher (2004; page 91) (see bibliographical details below). The wings to either side of the head are long and cylindrical in section (length to either side: 9mm; diameter: 9mm). Both of the wings have enlarged caps/ discs at either terminal to hold the axis bar and spring in place. The upper bow or head is humped over the wings slightly with crescent-shaped appendages to either side of the head, which also encase around the wings. The caps on the wings?? terminals and the appendages are both common characteristics of Polden Hill brooches. The bow has a ??D??-shaped side section, which tapers in width from 12mm at the top of the bow to 3.5mm at the bottom above the small rounded footknob. The top of the bow is decorated with two probable parallel linear ridges, which appear to taper together to form a single ridge less than half way down and which promptly terminates in a pointed tip. There does not appear to be any other decoration on the artefact. At the back of the brooch, there is a substantial amount of earth still present, which makes it difficult to identify the hinge or spring mechanism that appears behind the wings. The cast copper alloy thick sub-rectangular sectioned pin is still held in place and terminates next to the catchplate, which is also complete. The cast copper alloy catchplate (length: 29mm; width: 8mm; thickness: 1.5mm) curves to one side in order to enclose the pin when the brooch is being attached to a garment. Overall, the brooch is in a slightly worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. Similar examples of Group ??b?? Polden Hill brooches are illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, pages 91-2, fig 72, particularly ref nos 211, 212 & 214. | Subjects: | Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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