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Description: | A copper alloy Iron Age La Tene I brooch dating to c 400-200 BC. The brooch is incomplete, it is missing a coil, most of the pin and the spring is damaged. The brooch comprises a spring with three coils at the top with a pin through it. The spring continues down the back of the brooch to form the pin. The bow of the brooch is separate from the spring and pin mechanism. At the top, the bow comprises a piece of copper alloy which curves over the pin through the spring. The bow then curves up steeply to form a D shaped curve which curves down towards the foot before forming a straight section which curls to one side to form the pin catchplate. The catchplate section then continues on and curves back before terminating in a sub-spherical shaped knop which touches the curve of the bow. The bow is decorated with two incised lines probably running the length of the bow (although wear makes it difficult to see). The back of the brooch is undecorated. The patina is dark green. Cf Hattatt, R, 2007, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books, Oxford p 288, Fig 147, no 220.
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