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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is a fine Colchester derivative two-piece 'Dolphin' brooch. The brooch is hinged with its copper-alloy pin intact. The wings are closed and cylindrical, with a rectangular recess to allow the pin to move freely, though it is now locked in place by the corrosion from the iron axis bar which emerges from the recess and from each end of the wings. The front of the brooch is decorated with intricate moulded and incised decoration, with bands of wavy decoration in the centre of the wings at at their ends; a half band on the wing above the pin; and a wavy line running down the length of the bow. The catchplate was separately made and slotted into a groove on the reverse of the foot of the brooch. It is now missing. Traces of silvering or tinning are just visible on parts of the brooch. It has a fairly smooth green patina with some abrasion at the lower end of the bow. It measures 54.12 mm long, 32.08 mm wide across the wings, 4.12 mm thick at the centre of the bow and weighs 18.2 grams.
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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