Record ID: WMID-24CCE7
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, probably of 'initial' T shaped type. The brooch is incomplete and in fairly poor conditin, missing its pin and the lower part of its bow. The brooch is hinged, with the pin mechanism secured within closed cylindrical wings. The head of the brooch rises dramatically above the wings and begins to curve steeply towards the break on the bow. The top of the bow has a moulded rib running down it. The brooch measures 14.54 mm long, 16.29 mm wide, 7.78 mm thick and weighs 2.1 grams. It has a dark green patina, brown in places. The brooch probably…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
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