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Description: | The main part of a La Tene B type brooch, wrought in copper alloy. The spring and pin are missing. The main body rises steeply from where the spring would be and then the main part of the bow has a 30 degree curve; at this point the bow has an even thickness, and a sub-circular cross-section. The bow then curves down and then bends out abruptly into the catch-plate, which is essentially just a groove allowing the pin to sit to one side of the bow. The catch-plate terminates in a small hook. The brooch is undecorated, and basic in design. The stump where the spring has broken off is rounded and quite worn. The surface is pitted and has a mid greyish-green colour. This brooch dates to the 4th to 3rd centuries BC. | 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: | -400
-200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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