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Description: | The object is an incomplete Colchester Two-Piece derivative brooch of Polden Hill type, dated to the 1st century AD or Roman period. Hattatt (see Hattatt, R 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford) illustrates a similar type of brooch (see fig.898), unlike the illustration however, the recorded example is slightly shorter and decorated. The object is made of cast copper alloy. The brooch is hollow and has an incomplete head with the stump of a hooked chord at the top. The remains of two linear ridges run centrally down the bow to the damaged and missing foot, as well as a single ridge to each side. The bow is approximately three quarters complete. Large raised appendages are present on either side of the head, while the wings are mostly complete with caps on each end. Each cap has a single hole (one of them complete) where the now missing axis bar would have terminated. The spring and pin are completely missing at the back; instead traces of earth are present in part of the hollow cusp where the spring would have been situated. At the back of the bow a probable single casting ridge runs down the centre and extends outwards to form part of the catch plate. The catch plate terminates where the rest of the bow and foot are broken (not recent breaks). The brooch is in a worn and corroded condition with a dark green patina. The measurement of the object is 44.1mm at its longest point, 28.2mm wide across the wings,the thickness at the head is 17.2mm and the weight is 21.14g.
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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