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Description: | Copper-alloy Colchester 2-piece brooch. Behind the head of the bow is a vertical plate with two holes. The spring of ten turns was secured to this by an axis bar passing through the coils and lower hole, the chord being held by the upper. There is also one end of the spring which has been passed from the back over the chord which its flattened end resting on the spring. The semi-cylindrical wings are decorated with a transverse groove close to the outer edge, with an incised transverse line either side. The plate behind the head is carried over the top, but at the top of the bow becomes a median ridge which extends to the midpoint of the bow, with closely-set transverse incised lines and a groove on either side. Below the ridge there are three transverse incised lines on the front and sides. Deep catchplate and pin fully intact. Traces of white metal coating surviving on the bow. Excellent condition. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 50
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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