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Description: | A copper-alloy Colchester brooch from the 1st Century AD. This brooch is incomplete; it is missing the spring mechanism, part of the catchplate and the pin. The small forward hook which is used to hold the external chord and the spring to the main body of the brooch, remains in position, projecting from the top of the wings. The wings are short and flat and are undecorated. The bow is slender and decorated with a spine of punched opposing triangles which are now quite indistinct. The bow tapers to the pointed foot. Only part of the perforated catchplate survives. The width measurement given below relates to the width across the wings, as this is the widest point of the brooch. The length measurement relates to the entire length of the brooch. The brooch has been coated in a lacquer but is clear that the find has lost much of its original surface as the artefact is heavily pitted. The patina is dark brownish-green. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt 2000, pp296, no. 249.
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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