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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment, Polden Hill type.Upper half only, missing spring chord and pin; heavy corrosion in some areas. The spring has heavy iron corrosion (possibly either the spring or the axis bar are made of iron) and was held by pierced discs at the wing ends and a single pierced lug for the chord. The wings have strong ribs flanking concave mouldings. The bow is narrow, flat backed and tapers. At the front the bow sides rise steeply to a central angle; on the upper part there are thicker areas, rounded in outline, emphasising the strong curve in profile. Width 25mm, surviving length 27mm. This is a true Polden Hill type, commonly found in western Britain (Hattatt suggests manufacture around the Severn area, eg Hattatt no 896) although similar egs do occur in Suffolk, eg from Akenham. | 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
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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