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Description: | The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, a Polden Hill type dating to the 1st century. Hattatt in Brooches of Antiquity illustrates a similar brooch, No. 898.
The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, which terminate with wing caps. The wings? terminals are abraded and incomplete, one wing is missing. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The interior of the wings is hollow, which is filled with a black ceramic like substance. The bow head is hump like. The bow head and bow is undecorated. The bow is semi-circular in section. Only a short portion of the bow remains, before there is a break. The break is not recent.
The surface of the brooch has traces of a mid green patina. It measures 24.3mm long, and 14.5mm wide. It weighs 4.28g. | 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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