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Description: | A cast copper alloy one-piece brooch of the La Tene I period recovered from the Thames foreshore. The brooch has a wide rounded bow with a central cast pointed oval motif. Part of the wire spring along with the pin has been replaced in iron. The iron pin is now missing. The catchplate is complete and from this the terminal emerges and returns to lie below the bow ending in a rounded terminal with a short rounded collared projection. The brooch still retains an unpatinated brassy colour due to the wet environment in which it was found.Jon Cotton comments: This is a well known La Tene 1b type, of which there are a number now known from the Thames and beyond. This one is well worn, and the replacement iron pin is a nice confirmation of repair suspected on others of the type.
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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