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Description: | A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a horizontal oval. On the reverse there is a rectangular shaped cell bordered on the sides by an integral perforated semi-circular lug which supports a copper alloy axis bar. Around the bar there is the remains of the spring, there are three to four coils to the spring. This pin is missing, and this is not a recent break. The upper edge of the bow head has an integral sub-rectangular protrusion with an integral circular loop at the upper edge. The loop is broken and it appears the break has appeared at the point where it had worn through due to an attached chain, cord, etc. The rectangular component of the protrusion is decorated with two transverse horizontal grooves. The bow quickly narrows beneath the bow head and is triangular in section. The bow is broken above the mid point, and this break is not recent. The brooch has an abraded light grey/green coloured patina. The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, a Trumpet-headed type. Trumpet brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164). | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burrill, Charlotte - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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