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Description: | Large cast cu-alloy crossbow brooch dating from the 3rd/4th century AD. The brooch is complete with spring and pin still intact and in working order. It is a large and heavy casting, onion-shaped head studs still in place. They seem to have been cast in one with the body of the brooch; none of the two side terminals can be detached or turned. However, the main one seems to have been attached with a short rivet or lug - the terminal of which sticks out from inside/under the bow (see image). It is not certain whether this one was, in fact, to be turned or could be taken out. Between the onion-shaped terminals and the bow, the head of the brooch is decorated with circular mouldings, but no grooves; the head's crossbar is square in cross-section. The bow has a square/rectangular cross-section, too, and is decorated with a main frieze (punched decoration) in between two long grooves. This continues onto the somewhat flatter foot. In addition to this main frieze, the long foot also provides space for 8 circular mouldings/punches, four on either side, i.e. four at the end and four closer to the bow. The area between the circular punches slopes downward slightly, with the area around the round punches being set at 90 degrees to the sides of the brooch. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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