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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative / Polden Hill variant type. Missing spring, pin, rear hook, catchplate; very corroded surfaces. The spring axis bar was held by 7mm wide flaps folded around at the wing terminals, with a rear hook taking the chord. The wings have a single groove at the terminals. The bow is oval in section, tapering to a blunt point; two longitudinal grooves are visible along the centre and there may have been decoration in between these. The stub of the catchplate can be seen to be held in a slot in the bow. Width 31mm, length 56mm. Type as West Stow no. 160 (West 1989, EAA 48, 71). | 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: | 43
70 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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