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Description: | The brooch is a Colchester derivative, possibly a Polden Hill type. It is made from cast copper alloy. The wings are semi-cylindrical, with wing caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The wings are decorated with parallel vertical linear grooves which are irregularly spaced. Two correspo0nding ridges on each wing has horizontal ribbing. The bow head is slightly hump-like with a small incomplete loop in the centre at the junction with the wings. The bow head is slightly angular. The bow tapers to a blunt point. It is decorated with a central certical ridge with horizontal ribbing. The mid portion of the bow has its patina missing, and there is a complete break, which has since been glued together. This break is likely to have been recent. The catchplate is solid. The brooch has a light mity green coloured patina. Hattat has a similar brooch, No. 905 which has similar angular bow head, but different decoration. This is dated to the 1st century AD. The length of the brooch is 44mm and is 16mm across the wings. It weighs 3.22g.
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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