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Description: | Copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch length 42mm, width 22.5mm, thickness 17mm, weight 17.08g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings hold spring support bar, the spring is made of ten curls, the pin is missing. There is a rearwards facings hook at the back of the head that holds the spring external cord. There are three rectangular cells on the top third of the bow each holds traces of yellow and brown enamel creating a chequered pattern. A hollow in the middle of the bow would have held a stone. The bottom section of the bow is pain except for a double crest on the top edge. The foot and catch plate is truncated. Date 80-120AD
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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