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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch comprising part of the bow and the wings. Pin and spring mechanism missing. All breaks are old. Length 23mm, maximum width at the wings 31mm. The wings are semi-cylindrical and would have accommodated the bilateral spring and axis bar. The axis bar, a fragment of which survives, was secured by an integral end-plate at the tips of the wings. Mid-way between the tips of the wings and the edges of the bow is a prominent moulded rib. At the top of the bow, in the centre, is a raised and perforated rib to take the chord. This rib narrows as it extends downwards and is flanked on either side by a similar moulded rib. These latter ribs converge to the centre-line. Just below these mouldings the bow narrows abruptly and is sub-triangular in section at the old break. However, the rear of the upper part of the bow is flat. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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