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Description: | Tapering T-shaped bow brooch with longitudinal incised decoration on body running from the head to the foot, which is decorated with transverse ribs. The embellishment consists of a central panel with 'rope' style decoration (c. 2-3mm in width) and grooves running down the external edges of the bow. The wings are roughly cylindrical in section, tapering towards the external edges and have a central perforation and notch to the reverse to carry the hinged pin and its axis bar. The pin no longer survives. The sub-trapezoidal catchplate is wide and finely rolled, although there are two small casting flaws to the reverse of the foot. The body of the brooch is largely straight, but curves sharply at the head to meet the wings. The brooch was cast-in-one and the seams are visible along the sides of the bow. It has a smooth green patina across the surface. The brooch bears similarities to both the 'Dolphin' and 'Langton Down' types of brooch (Collingwood's groups H and K respectively), and is therefore tentatively dated to the later 1st or earlier 2nd century AD (Collingwood and Richmond 1969, 293-95; Fig 102, Nos 12-22).
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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