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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester related type. Missing spring, pin, part of catchplate; bow severely bent, also one wing; recent surface damage from plough. The small flat wings have slight vertical mouldings. The forward hook expands to a small terminal disc. The bow is a flat backed strip and tapers to a blunt point.The front of the bow is convex with a centre groove in which a reserved narrow rib is notched to give a wavy line. The catchplate does not appear to be pierced and has incised rocker decoration on both sides at the junction with the bow. Surviving width 16mm, surviving length 51mm, originally nearer 60mm. This has similarities with the Continental 'Simple Gallic' type (Riha 1979 Typ 2.2, Camulodunum no.35 etc) but those normally have a pierced catchplate and straight profile. The present eg is similar to no.12 from Saham Toney (Brown, 1986, Britannia 17, 17) which also has the rocker decoration on the catchplate and another from Leavenheath, Suffolk which does not. Whether this is a development of the Continental type or a British variant on the Colchester is not clear. | 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: | 25
60 | 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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