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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type with Polden Hill type of spring attachment. Upper part only, missing spring, pin; damaged wing terminals and much of the surface is badly corroded. The wings had pierced integral ends and there are traces of iron staining in the holes and in the general wing cavity; the spring chord was held by a rear hook, now abraded. The upper bow is very broad, leaving short wing fronts, and rounded. There is a step curved moulding at the top on the sides and narrow grooves define a centre band with traces of transverse hatching. The top of the catchplate stub survives, suggesting a fairly short bow. Width 21mm, surviving length 33mm. The overall shape and proportions are similar to an example from Witnesham in Ipswich Museum (IM 1985-44); that eg has rib mouldings on the wing terminals and no centre bow decoration.
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