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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative with rear hook spring attachment. The spring, pin and catchplate/foot (see below)are missing and the bow is slightly bent. The wings each have a broad concave moulding next to the bow junction, with a narrow rib and groove at the terminals. The bow tapers and has a slightly convex back, small flanges at the edges and flat sides meeting at the central apex which has a groove along it. At the foot, the bow appears to have been modified into a nail cleaner shape with a 9mm long cut along the middle of the back ending in a 2.5mm long V-shape through the bow, leaving a small point on each side. One of the points is now slightly bent. Although some early brooches do have a slot cut for an inserted catchplate it is difficult to see how this could have broken accidentally to form the present shape and it seems more likely that the brooch was modified deliberately after the spring and pin had been lost. Width 17mm, surviving length 36mm. Fairly similar brooch fragments are known from Westhorpe (WTP 006) and Sutton (SUT 026).
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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