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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment - Colchester derivative/Polden Hill type. Upper half only, missing half spring and pin; severe corrosion damage to much of the surface. The surviving spring had at least six turns in one wing; the axis bar is held by pierced circular plates on the ends of the wings as well as a double pierced centre lug which also took the chord. The wings are moulded: at the centre a beaded rib, then a broad concave moulding flanked by narrow grooves; beyond this there is a trace of another beaded rib and probably another concave moulding towards the ends. The bow is oval in section but has lost all trace of decorative detail on the front. Width 38mm, surviving length 22mm. Similar wings to Hattatt no. 899 (from Norfolk) but this has a rear hook; and the pierced lug combined with Polden Hill wing terminals is uncommon amongst Suffolk brooches
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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