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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch (length: 57.3mm; width at wings: 21.2mm; thickness: 13mm; weight: 8.67g). The slightly crooked short wings have small appendages to either side of the bow with a ridge and small incised decoration at either end near the remains of the caps or backward plate extensions. There is a perforated lug (with a small groove just below) at the top of the bow, which would have originally held the chord, now missing. The spring at the back of the wings has completely disappeared and there is a hollow case remaining. The caps at each end have a perforated hole, which would have held the axis bar, probably made of iron as there is a small amount of iron corrosion in the cavity. The centre of the bow is moulded with a wide V-groove and ribs each side. There are some remains of silver plate near the top of the bow. The bow tapers almost to a point, and is slightly bent at the end. The integral catch plate at the back of the bow is complete with a triangularly perforated hole. The pin is missing.A very similar example is illystrated in Hattatt's 'Iron Age & Roman Brooches', 1985, pages 83 & 85, Ref no 376, found at an unknown provenance. Hattatt also indicates that a similar example is in Yorkshire Museum.
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