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Description: | Cast copper alloy Wirral type bow brooch, dating to the late 1st- 2nd century AD.
The brooch is mostly complete. The pin is missing as is the very base of the foot and some of the catchplate. The pin was hinged, with the axis inside enclosed wings. The head is stepped and would have had a headloop although this has broken just at the base of the loop. The top and bottom step are decorated by vertical lines, the 2 in between are plain.
The upper half of the bow has a panel which is split into 3 longitudinal strip which would have contained alternate squares of coloured enamel. Very little remains of this enamel although it can be seen that the colours used were red and light blue.
The knee of the bow has a circular boss cast integrally. The lower part of the bow has a central slightly raised ridge and narrows towards the foot.
There is some corrosion on the surface of the brooch | Subjects: | Wirral | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McIntosh, Frances | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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