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Description: | The brooch is a Colchester One-Piece brooch, made from cast copper alloy. These brooches date to the early first century. Hattatt illustrates a similar brooch in Iron Age and Roman Brooches, No. 250. The wings are just a horizontal rectangular band which is decorated on the external surface with vertical ribbing. On the reverse of the wings , integral to the lower edge a oval section wire protrudes which coils forming the spring. The spring is formed by seven complete coils. In the centre there is a break to the coil, which was the pin, but is now missing. The terminal coils are joined with a horizontal bar leading from one to the other above the spring. This bar is held in place by an integral hook which protrudes from the upper edge of the wings. The bow head is hump-like forming an inverted 'L' shape in profile. The bow head and bow is oval in section. The bow tapers towards a blunt point. Only a fragment of the catch plate remains. The surface of the brooch has patches of red copper corrosion, and there are traces of a well developed mid green patina. It weighs 12.15g, and measures 24.4mm wide and 60.2mm long.
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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