Record ID: WAW-2D9F51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) type, cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46, (AD c. 80-120): The brooch is copper alloy and incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with incomplete perforated wing caps. On both sides a ridge is present at the shoulder between the wings and the bow. The wings are undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head has the remains of an integral hook which would have held the chord in place. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and i…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-2D4AC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (AD c. 69-96) T-shaped brooch: The copper-alloy brooch has a cylindrical crossbar with a copper-alloy axis bar within. The crossbar has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged, and only a fragment of the pin remains. The outer face of the wings is undecorated and are slightly incomplete. The bow protrudes from the centre of the cross bar and is slightly hump-like and is sub semi-circular in section. The bow and bow head are undecorated. The bow tapers to a blunt broken point above where the catchplate would have been. The brooch surface is slightly abraded an…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Record ID: WAW-2D0463
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46 of AD c. 80-120. The brooch is copper alloy and incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head has the remains of an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The axis bar and spring are all iron, and there are probably 9 coils of the spring. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is sub-ova…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WAW-2CC761
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy strip bow brooch, dating to c. AD 45 - 120. The wings, bow head and partial bow remain. All other features have been lost. The wings are formed of integral rolled tabs with a central notch between, which would have housed the axis bar and pin. The bow has a flat rectangular cross section and tapers slightly away from the head before terminating in a worn break. The head is decorated with a stamped ring and dot motif at the end of each wing. The bow is decorated with a rope-like motif running longitudinally along each edge. There …
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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