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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with double pierced lug for spring attachment and fluted sides. Missing pin and most of spring; occasional small areas of corrosion but mostly in good condition. Single grooves at each wing terminal. The bow back is slightly convex. The bow front has broad concave mouldings flanking a centre rib and tapers slightly to a flat end. On the upper bow the centre rib is notched and rises towards the crest where it is separated from the lug by a broad notch. There is a further single notch on the lug. Below the notched rib there is an incised X and below this a centre groove with very light punched angled marks along the edges. The catchplate has a strong pin groove and a casting fault just above the groove. Width 31mm, length 60.5mm. Large (?early) examples of the type include Wherstead (Gill et al 2001, EAA Occas, no.4); a fragmentary example with the incised X on the bow is recorded from Hintlesham, Suffolk.
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