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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch (length: 65.4mm; width at wings: 26.1mm; thickness/ depth: 25.1mm; weight: 24.86g). The brooch has short and slightly uneven semi-cylindrical wings with small incised linear decoration on the side lugs at both ends, holding the probable copper alloy axis bar in place. There are slightly protruding crescent-shaped appendages to either side of the head, which has a flattened and snubbed top. There is a central line of small linear decoration running down part of the bow to a small protruding knob (diameter: 3.2mm). The bow tapers off and remains at a constant width of 4.9mm most of the way down. A small hole/ damage appear half way down the bow with evidence of a complete break (recently mended) further down the bow. There is other damage towards the bottom of the bow, including a small hole below the break, which may have actually been part of the original size of it. There is a three-ribbed slightly protruding foot knob with flat base at the bottom. At the back of the brooch, the complete copper alloy brooch is held in place by a hinged mechanism, which still drops down to the partly incomplete copper alloy catch plate that runs down half the length of the bow and curls over to one side to house the pin. Overall, the brooch is in a slightly worn and corroded but good condition. There are particular areas of corrosion and damage on one of the side lugs at the wings and towards the bottom of the brooch, which may have been caused by possible ploughing. The artefact has a smooth dark green patina. | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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