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Description: | The brooch is made all from one piece of cast copper alloy, with the exception of a possible axis bar. In length, from the top of the spring to the terminal of the bow the brooch is 38.8mm, and in width across the spring it is 7.1mm. The width of the bow below the spring is 3.2mm. The brooch weighs 3g. The spring is the upper most component of the brooch. It consists of four coils, which includes the coil leading to the pin. The coils have now fused together and have a patchy heavy brown patina. There is not a voided through the coils, instead there is possibly an axis bar. The two outer coils form an internal chord beneath the spring and behind the bow. The pin, which only a fraction remains, has a triangeular upper terminal in plan. This trigular shape, and the possibility of an axis bar suggests the pin was hinged, and the coil is there for effect and not of any use. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the spring. In section the bow is a sub-lozenge shape. The lower portion of the bow is bent slightly and becomes more flat in section. This maybe the damaged catchplate. The only decoration the bow has is two horizontal grooves just above the catchplate. The surface of the bow has the heavy brown patina with some pitting. The brooch is of a late Iron Age date, the position of the internal chord, suggests a La Tene III date, and the mock spring suggests a La Tene I to La Tene II date (Geake, Finds Recording guide).
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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