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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment, Polden Hill (rear hook) type. Missing pin and lower bow. 11-turn spring, the chord of which is held by a central rear hook and the axis bar by the pierced wing terminals. No decoration on the wings. The bow is narrow and oval in section with central angles front and back; at the top a curvilinear moulding on each side has a rounded end with a punched dot; very worn, possibly intended to be zoomorphic.Width 23mm, surviving length 24mm. Some similarities to Hattatt nos 1514 and 904, and an eg from Gt Livermere, Suffolk also has (different) plastic moulding on the bow.
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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