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Description: | The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch. Further classification is not certain as the wing terminals have been damaged. It probably dates to the late 1st to mid 2nd century AD.
The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical. Only a fragment of one wing remains, whereas the other is almost complete. This wing has a small portion of patina on the terminal perhaps suggesting originally it did not have wing caps. The other wing, however also has traces of patina on the terminal, but is obviously incomplete; therefore it may have been damaged in antiquity. The wings are decorated with pairs of two vertical grooves, one of which has a zigzag design between the grooves. The spring, pin and possible axis bar are all missing. The bow head is hump-like and has a central ridge which tapers towards the bow. The other terminal of the ridge forms a small hook which leans over to the reverse of the bow head. The bow is a sub oval shape in section. It is decorated with two fine parallel vertical grooves. The bow tapers to a blunt point at the foot. Only a fragment of the catch plate remains. This fragment suggests originally it was decorated with openwork. The damage is possibly recent as the edges are abraded and corroded.
The surface of the brooch has a matte mottled brown patina. The brooch measures 76.16mm long from the hook to the foot, and 28.54mm wide across the wings. It weighs 26.64g. | 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: | 75
150 | 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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