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Description: | Very small copper alloy two-piece Colchester brooch. The brooch has semi-cylidrical wings in section with fully rounded terminals. The wings contain a spring. The pin is missing. The terminals of the face of the wings are decorated with a vertical groove with an incised diagonal line next to it spanning the lower corner of the terminal to the upper corner of the centre of the wing. In the centre of the wings at the top there is a broken hook. The bow is comma shaped and faceted where it meets the wings. The bow has a raised moulded rib running the length of the centre with a linear rope pattern flanking it on either side. The foot is bulbous and forward facing. Catchplate on reverse.
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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