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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill brooch, dating from the 1st/ 2nd century AD (length: 37mm; width at wings: 22mm; thickness/ depth: 13mm; weight: 8.5g).
From the top of the head of the brooch and continuing all the way down bow to the broken and worn opposing end, there is a central raised ridge with two parallel lines of small regular beading decoration , parts of which are not visible due to corrosion and wear. At the top of the head and to either side of this central decoration, there appear to be the corroded remains of one or two slanted raised ridges, which slant inwards towards the centre of the bow. Additionally, to either side of the head, there are slightly raised crescent appendages, which arch round part of the wings. These appendages are a characteristic feature of Polden Hill brooches, as is the caps at either end of the wings, which hold the axis bar and spring in place. Little of these caps remain on this example due to corrosion. There is no decoration on the wings of the brooch. Less than half the bow is missing, which tapers inwards from the head to terminate in a stumped, corroded and pointed end.
At the back of the brooch, the cast copper alloy spring mechanism is still intact, with approximately ten or eleven turns to the spring still visible. The mechanism appears to be spiralled around a cast iron axis bar, which in turn, as mentioned before, is held together by the caps at either end of the wings. The pin, however, is completely missing, as is the integral catch plate that would have originally been at the bottom of the back of the brooch, to hold the pin in place when attached to a piece of clothing. However, the casting ridge down the centre of the length of the back of the brooch is still visible. Overall, the brooch is in a worn and corroded condition with only small areas of the original light green patina remaining. | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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