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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Knee type. Upper half only, missing spring and pin; probably bent just above the break. The spring was housed in a semi cylindrical cover with pierced discs at the ends for the axis bar - traces of iron corrosion here suggest iron may have been used for at least the axis bar. The spring cover is undecorated but has traces of white metal coating, which extends onto the upper bow. The bow is a straight sided rectangular section bar (10 x 2.5mm); at the front it joins the spring cover with a small square edged step but below this it extends, slightly thinner, to form a coil at the top of an S-shaped profile.Width 17.5mm, surviving length 26mm. The combination of S-profile elements (regarded as Continental) with the transverse "steps" on the bow (a British varaint) is discussed by Hattatt for his no. 1668; unfortunately it is impossible to know whether the present eg has a full S-profile balancing the top curve or the flat foot of the British type.
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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