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Description: | Rare, complete cast cu-alloy brooch dating from the La Tène period/Late Iron Age (c 4th-3rd centuries BC). It is a one-piece brooch with bilateral spring and a highly arched bow which is decorated with grooves and a line of dots(?)/small hourglass(?)-shaped stamps on top. The grooved decoration can be found on both sides and the reverse of the bow and it is interesting to note that the upper side of the bow is much more worn than the reverse which would have had more contact with the cloth. The uppermost part of the bow is smooth and shiny. Furthermore, the brooch has an extended catch plate which is bent upwards and forwards, its small circular terminal being decorated with a deep concentric groove on the upper side. The brooch is very sturdy, pin and catch still intact. The only damage is a small cut in the upper part of one of the spring's coils. Additional measurements: Height: 25mm, Diameter (spring), inner-outer: 11-16mm, Diameter (up-turned foot): 10/11mm, Length of pin: 33mmHattatt (1960, 54-55) describes brooches like this, stating that they were a very rare native British La Tène production. All brooches of this type so far known from Britain come from the Salisbury area in Wiltshire and are unknown further north.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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