Record ID: DEV-6D0406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver gilt annular brooch with floral decoration. The brooch is annular in shape, with a flattened profile along both vertical sides, where the pin and pin rest are placed.  Along the horizontal sides, the frame of the brooch is twisted, in a simple twist which creates a spiral appearance. There are four gold flowers which have been applied to the brooch frame at regular intervals, placed in a rectangular formation. The gilding survives in best condition on these floral decorations. These are octofoils, formed of flowers with two extended long petals, two slig…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: GLO-56B157
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch. Tubular wings (one wing is missing) hold the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the centre of the wings at the rear for the pin, which is now missing. The curvilinear lines decorate the head of the bow, below the remained of its length is slightly expanded with four central groves running down its length, the base of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catch plate.
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: WILT-C09635
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch, dating to the period c.AD 43-120. The brooch has an integrally cast axis cylindrical wings which houses an iron axis bar. In between the wings, the remains of the pin are still intact around the axis bar, although most of it is missing due to worn breaks. A rectangular projection extends upwards from the head, although this has a worn break at its upper terminal and is therefore missing the integral loop. The bow is rectangular in cross section, and is not curved in profile. The upper part of the bow is undecorated,…
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2020
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Record ID: DOR-84740F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, small, copper alloy Initial T-shaped brooch (Colchester derivative). The pin is missing. The wings are cylindrical and decorated with an incised line at the outer ends. They house the copper alloy axis bar for the missing hinged pin, a remnant of the head of which remains attached. There is a long groove at the rear of the bow to allow for the articulation of the missing pin. The bow is arched from the centre of the wings and has an oval cross section. It tapers to a pointed foot at the rear of which is the remnant of a small catchplate. The bow is undecorated. Date: …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: DOR-844FA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of the Strip Type. The pin is missing. At the head are two short, flat wings between which projects the remnant of a forward hook for the attachment of the missing pin chord. The bow is tapering with a flat rectangular bow, similar to strip bow brooches. The bow tapers to a pointed foot at the rear of which is the stub of a small catchplate. The front of the bow is decorated with moulded longitudinal ridges and grooves flanking a central longitudinal knurled ridge. The rear is undecorated. Date: Roman- c. AD 25-70 Dimensions: 52.21 mm x 16.65…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2022
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Record ID: WILT-DE336A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy hod hill brooch, dating to AD 43-75. The brooch survives only as a fragment, consisting of the foot and lower bow. The bow appears to have originally been sub-square in plan, truncated by an irregular break on the upper edge, and with further breaks on the sides. The surviving portion of the bow is moulded into four longitudinal ribs. The lower bow is plain and tapers into a collared knop. An incomplete cathplate projects from the reverse. Length 42.7mm; width 12.9mm; thickness 7.6mm; weight 3.21g. The more complete of the two sides of the upper bow app…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: WILT-DD3AD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, dating to AD 43-75. The head of the brooch is rolled forward to hold an iron axis bar with a rectangular slot cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate a hinged pin, which survives. The upper bow is elongated sub-trapezoidal in plan, with four deeply engraved longitudinal grooves, one along either edge and a double-stranded groove in the centre; three of the grooves are punculated by short transverse grooves, with one of the central grooves being plain. The lower bow is narrow and plano-convex in cross section; it is plain with a collar at t…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-1CAC87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy disc brooch (c. 450-c. 550). The brooch plate is flat and sub-circular. The front face is decorated with seven, uneven;ly spaced, ring & dot stamps set around the edge and an eighth at the centre. On the rear face of the plate set across the diameter, are a large U-shaped pierced lug for the attachment of the missing pin and a wide curved hooked plate for its fastening. Date: Early Medieval - c.450 - 550 Dimensions: 35.34 mm x 33.35 mm x 10.77 mm Weight: 8.19 g A similar example is recorded in PAS database record K…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-0F353D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible separate knop from a trumpet brooch or a toggle. The object has a domed head with a central sub-circular recess and a raised outer rim. At the rear is an integral flat, flaring trapeziodal shank with two circular holes. The holes are different sizes and are set slightly off centre along the long axis. Date: Early Roman - c AD 75 to 175 Dimensions: 17.04 mm x 12.41 mm x 9.97 mm Weight: 3.60 g This object has some similarities with the petalled knops seen on trumpet brooches, but the style domed head and the arrangement of the holes are different. It is diffi…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2020
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Record ID: DOR-37D4F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch. A Nauheim derivative. The brooch is a single piece type, the stub of the integral pin and coils remaining at the head. The bow expands from the rectangular sectioned head into a wide tapering leaf-shaped plate. This is decorated with two central longitudinal incised lines forming a ridge.. On the narrowed leg of the bow are two transverse incised lines.The foot is pointed with a curving hooked catchplate behind. The foot and catchplate have been bent into a right angle to the right. The catchplate is not pierced. Date: Late Iron Age -Early Roman - c. AD 10…
Created on: Friday 12th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2020
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Record ID: SUR-A02702
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, 76mm in length, missing its pin and spring. The head is a simple flared oval with a protruding stub of a terminal loop or projection at the front and simple hinge loop underneath. The bow is divided centrally by a facing pair of collared acanthus reels. The lower part of the bow has a pronounced facetted triangular section with a catchplate below and tapers to a flattened cylindrical terminal with three moulded collars. Circa late 1st to late 2nd century AD.
Created on: Friday 5th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
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Record ID: DEV-0B7011
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete miniature developed T-shaped brooch dating to the Roman period, c. AD 100-150. The wings and upper bow survive. The wings are truncated, cylindrical in shape, and with a markedly thick, almost bulging appearance. At their terminals the axial bar is just visible, but the area of the hinge is badly marked by corrosion. In this area may also be the base of a headloop, as the area is so damaged it may represent a break. The bow rises gently from the wings, and its point of attachment with the bar is emphasised by two diagonal lines which flank the central bow, creating …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-ADA15E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded and white metal coated copper alloy plate brooch of the centre boss type. The plate is oval in shape with an empty central recess which would have held a conical glass setting, now missing. The plate framing the recess for the boss is decorated with two concentric grooves separated by a raised reserve of metal and framed by the same at the outer edge. The grooves retain gilding and are decorated with stamped S-shapes. There is a raised reserve of metal around the empty recess.The rear of the plate is flat and has been tinned or silvered. Arranged at opposite ends on the lon…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 24th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-AA744C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of strip type. The pin is missing. The wings are formed of rolled tabs and have traces of iron corrosion from the missing iron axis bar.There is a notch between them where the missing pin would have articulated. The bow is tapering with a flat rectangular cross section. It is decorated with two converging grooves forming a V on the upper part of the bow. The grooves are further decorated with rows of diagonal incised lines across them. The lower part of the bow is undecorated and tapers to a rounded point. At the rear is a small hooked catchplate. …
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Record ID: DOR-AA138B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of developed T-shaped type. The pin is missing. The wings are long and cylindrical, tapering to the ends where each is decorated with a single vertical groove. The axis bar the wings housed for the hinged pin mechanism is missing. The bow is tapering an D-shaped in cross section. It is decorated with a single, small lozengiform recess about a third of the way down. The recess may have held enamel. The bow terminates in a small circular foot with two decorative horizontal ridges above it. At the rear of the lower part of the bow is a mall, hooked catch…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-A9ADBC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete large copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type, variant 2. The pin is missing. The wings are short and cylindrical, housing an iron axis bar for the missing hinged pin. The ends of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves. and there is a moulded ridge along the top surface with a knurled wavy-line inset. The head of the bow projects above the wings and is decorated with a moulded lateral ridge with a raised central pellet. In front of this are traces of a central moulded ridge with two smaller curved ridges flanking it on the sides of the bow. The curved upper ends o…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Record ID: WILT-84E861
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy hinged strip bow brooch, probably dating to AD 25-70. The brooch survives largely complete, with damage to the head and the axis bar and pin lost. The bow is bent at a 90 degree angle at roughly the mid-point, with the foot pointing forwards. The head of the brooch consists of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy with a central rectangular slot to accommodate a hinged pin, now lost. The rear of the head is rolled backwards to hold the axis bar, which is also lost. The right half of the reverse of the head is lost. The bow tapers into a l…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
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Record ID: WILT-843DC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Fragment of a probable Iron Age to Early Roman brooch, probably a Nauheim derivative La tene III brooch, dating to c. AD 20-60. The fragment has been heavily distorted, but comprises of a probable bow, with a high-shouldered sub-lozengiform plate, tapering into a wire at the head of the brooch, but which is truncated. The bow tapers into the foot, but this is truncated prior to the catchplate and terminal. The bow is decorated with an incised central longitudinal band with oblique notches creating a corded effect. Either edge of the the bow has a deeply engraved border. The juncture…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: DOR-868783
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular brooch and pin. The frame is wide and dished producing a C-shaped cross section. The inner edge is chamfered. There is a constriction in the frame for the attachment of the pin. The frame is undecorated. The pin is a strip of silver sheet metal which tapers to a point. the point has been bent down at right angles to the body of the pin. At the other end the strip is curled over where it was attached to the frame. Before the hooked end the front face of the pin has six incised angled grooves. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - 14th to 16th century Dimensions: 22.6…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-8625B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman enamelled disc brooch, which may originally have had a central stud. Dating to the 2nd century AD .The plate is flat and circular and retains traces of single attachment lug for the missing sprung pin and the hooked catchplate. The front has two of two concentric recesses inlaid with enamel. The outer recess is divided into twelve roughly equally sized cells with traces of alternating faded enamel of indeterminate alternating colours. The central recess also has traces of faded enamel. In the centre is a recess, probably for the attachment os a missing…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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