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Description: | Copper alloy La Téne brooch from the Iron Age period.Copper alloy La Téne II Type 4 (Hull & Hawkes 1987) brooch which is almost complete, the point of the pin being the only thing missing. Type 4 brooches are described as brooches with multi-looped wire either forming the bow or set along it's top. The main body of the brooch is made of one piece of wire which has been twisted into the shape of the brooch. The top is a single loop, then the wire is straight until it reaches the catch mechanism where it bends at a right angle. It is then twisted to form a D-shaped loop for the pin to go through. The straight part of the wire is decorated with incised horizontal lines all the way up. Another piece of wire has been wound around this part of the brooch as further decoration and is in a looped pattern going, over-under-over around the brooch. This has broken into separate loops at one end but the pattern can still be seen. This type of brooch is very rare, only 3 others are listed in Hull and Hawkes Corpus (BAR 168, 1987).
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