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Description: | The object Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, a Polden Hill type dating to the 1st century. Hattatt in Brooches of Antiquity illustrates a similar brooch, No. 895.
The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, which terminate with wing caps. The wings are decorated with vertical ribbing and has a prominent vertical ridge in the centre of each arm. The wing caps have a central hole that supports the copper alloy axis bar. Around the bar the copper alloy spring is coiled, with 14 coils, which also form a horizontal bar above the spring. The bar is held in place by an integral loop at the centre of the upper edge of the wings. The pin is central to the spring, and protrudes, but is incomplete. The bow head is slightly hump like and is decorated with a central vertical ridge which continues and tapers down the bow. The bow is slightly bent, but it is uncertain as to when this occurred, there are no signs of recent damage. The bow is oval shaped in section and tapers to a blunt point. The catch plate on the reverse of the bow is complete and has openwork as decoration.
The surface of the brooch appears to have been treated with a coating which is now forming an opaque cloudy shell, which at first glance appears to be tinning, but is not. The brooch is stable and in a good condition. It measures 72mm long, 33.6mm wide. It weighs 25.35g. | 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: | 100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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