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Description: | Incomplete Iron Age Colchester type brooch, cast in copper alloy. The bow is roughly oval in cross section, with a width of 3.2mm, narrowing to a triangular cross section at the foot, measuring 1.4mm. The long bow tapers towards the foot, and has the extremely worn and incomplete remains of the integrally cast catchplate on the reverse reaching approximately a third of the length up the bow. The bow is undecorated, it may have had a central ridge running along its length however the surface is extremely worn and this ridge can only be distinguished by touch. The head comprises of two (now incomplete) wings, with the left curving backwards and the right curving forwards, creating an ??S?? shape. The wings measure 10.44mm across. A chord measuring 9.91mm in length extends upwards from the centre of the head, and is curved to form an ??S?? shape. The sprung pin is completely missing. The brooch has been slightly twisted, and the bow has been bent forming a more pronounced curve than the original cast shape. It its present condition the brooch has a maximum length of 55.45mm. The surface and all breaks are extremely worn. The brooch has a dull red-brown patina, with some lighter patches along the centre of the bow and to either side of the incomplete catchplate. | Subjects: | Colchester type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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