Record ID: SWYOR-319EF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, a Colchester one piece type, dating the object to the 1st century AD. The pin of the brooch is missing, as is the spring and a fragment of the forward chord hook. The wings are short, coming to a point at either end. The bow is uniform in size, with a circular cross-section except for the bottom where it tapers to a point. Down the centre of the bow are two rows of thin incised lines and on the interior of the catchplate, there are two rows of punched small lines, one along the line of the bow and one along the top of the catchplate. The b…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F3FC72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch with a spring mechanism (now missing), dating from 43 - 65 AD. The brooch has wide semi-tubular wings which would have held the missing spring and pin. They are open at the back and one end of one wing is missing. A broken chord or loop projects from the top of the bow. The bow is D shaped in section and is humped. It tapers towards the foot, but the foot itself is missing with an old patinated break. The foot of the bow probably tapered to a point. Behind the lower bow is the remains of a catchplate. The brooch has a grey g…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-F39F06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman plate brooch of skeuomorphic design in the shape of a shoe, slipper, boot or sandal. The brooch is flat and in plan is pointed at one end, has a narrow waist in the middle and is rounded at the other end. There is a broken loop at the rounded end. On the reverse of the brooch is a double pin lug at the rounded end, with the hinge part of a copper alloy pin surviving between them, held by a copper alloy axis bar; and a damaged catchplate at the pointed end. The reverse of the brooch has a rich green patina with some pitting. The front is decorated with a field of d…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 12th December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F37324
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch; type uncertain owing to corrosion and damage, but probably dating from the 1st Century AD, perhaps a Colchester derivative. The head of the brooch and the pin are missing. The bow is narrow and oval in section, wider at the top and tapering to a point at the foot. There is a possible decorative panel on the top part of the surviving bow, but this could also be corrosion. The break at the top of the bow is ancient. There is no evidence of a catchplate, but the foot of the bow is rolled into a tiny loop. It is not clear whether this is damage or intentiona…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F35167
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch; a trumpet brooch dating from 75 - 175 AD. The head of the brooch and the pin are missing. The bow is narrow and D shaped to triangular in section. There is a central acanthus button which decorates the front of the bow only. Above and below this the bow tapers away towards the head and foot. The lower bow terminates in a large globular foot. There are traces of a catchplate running up the reverse of the lower bow from the foot to the double collar beneath the acanthus button. The foot has been bent sideways. the brooch has a light green patina with areas o…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 12th December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F32625
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Late Iron Age to Roman brooch, a Nauheim derivative dating from 25 - 100 AD. The brooch pin and half of the spring are missing. The top of the bow tapers and coils forwards to form the spring of which one and a half turns remain. The bow is sub triangular in plan, with shoulders near the top, tapering above and below to the spring and the foot. The bow is flat and rectangular in section. The front is decorated with four raised longitudinal lines. The centre two are vertical, and the outer two follow the shape of the edge of the bow. When the bow tapers so they are all c…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-7591D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, cast copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date (about the 13th century AD ). It is broadly square (with rounded corners) in form. It is formed of seven oval lobes flanked by moulded transverse ridges connected together (and integral) to form the frame. The frame has a D shaped cross section: the upper surface is domed and the lower surface is flat. Located between two of the lobes is a pin constriction with the remains of a copper alloy pin looped round it. There is no evidence of a pin rest. The surface of the brooch is corroded and pitted. It has a green and brown …
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-7514A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch, a Dolphin type dating from 55 - 100 AD with distinctive notches across the upper bow. The wings are tubular to hold the axis bar for the hinge pin which is missing apart from the very top. The humped bow is oval in section. It is decorated with a groove along each side, and tapers to a point at the foot. The upper bow has three wide notches across the bow. It has been suggested by a local finder that these notches are a characteristic of dolphin brooches from North Lincolnshire. Other examples include NLM-11DA12, NLM-7AAD80, NLM-E59C77, NLM-06BB85 and…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 12th December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-09E2D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a late Iron Age to Early Roman, cast copper alloy brooch of the Birdlip type, dating from 50BC-50AD. Only the central part of the brooch remains, the top of the bow, the pin and the foot are missing and only a small part of the catchplate survives. The remaining portion of the upper part of the bow is triangular in section. Just below the break at the top is a semicircular collar, divided into two by a transverse groove. The lower part of the collar is wider than the upper part and is stepped. Below this is a constriction then a single moulded beak projecting forwards.…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-09ACD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch frame is hexagonal and has six forward projecting conical collets. The frame is shaped to the collets. The collets are equally spaced and integral. The settings are empty but still contain a white paste (possibly calcium carbonate) which would have held a stone in place. A pin constriction survives between two of the collets but the pin is missing. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour, suggesting a white metal coating. A similar brooch can be seen in Egan & Pritchard, p249, Fig: 160. Compare also YORYM-1924C6, NM…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
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