|
Date: |
|
Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (AD c. 25 - c. 60). It retains the stub of its rearward facing hook at the top of the head. Nothing survives of the integral spring and pin. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat. One has been bent round and under the head. The other has been truncated.The bow bends up beyond the head before curving back over gradually to the foot; the original curve has been distorted as a result of old damage. The bow is sub-oval in cross-section, flattened at the top and bottom at the head end, and tapers consistently from the head to the pointed foot. There is little remaining of the catch-plate, though its web is visible as a vestige. This brooch has corroded to a red/brown colour with some small patches of mid-green corrosion product. As well as the distortions to the bow the foot has been bent to one side.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
A corroded and incomplete cast…
-
BROOCH
A corroded and incomplete cast…
-
BROOCH
A corroded and damaged, incomplete…
-
BROOCH
A Roman incomplete copper-alloy Colchester…
-
BROOCH
A corroded and incomplete cast…
-
BROOCH
A corroded, damaged and incomplete,…
-
Brooch
A corroded and incomplete cast…
-
BROOCH
A corroded and incomplete cast…
-
Brooch
A very worn and incomplete…
-
BROOCH
A very worn and incomplete…
|