Record ID: GLO-C039DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. It has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that hold the pin axis bar, the spring is truncated but three curls remain, the pin is missing. The is a loop at the top od the head for the external cord of the spring, this extends down the form of the head to form a small central crest. The front of the bow is decorated with a long rectangular cell that has a line of raised diamonds running down the centre, the recesses are filled with enamel. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catc…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: GLO-BFF5E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy headstud brooch. The brooch has short cylindrical wings that holds the pin axes bar, the pin is missing. The front of the wings curves up to the side of the bow and are decorated with four cells that contain a mix of red and blue enamel. At the top of the bow is a short crest and a large hollow below. The remainder of the bow is undecorated. At the base of the bow is a circular foot. The catch plate on the reverse is closed. AD 75-200.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: SF-BB31AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Headstud type, dating to AD 75-200. The head is sub-cylindrical and it houses still the iron bar. On top of the head there is a copper-alloy protrusion , which might be the remain of the suspension loop. The front face of the outer end of the wings is decorated with two parallel transverse grooves. Between the head and the bow there is a D-shaped element, to which the upper part of the bow is attached almost at a right angle. The bow is slightly curved in profile and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The front face of the upper bow has tw…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-BAD7A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester polden hill brooch, probably dating to c. AD 80-120. The brooxch is missing its right wing, pin mechanism and the terminal of its foot. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 18.9mm, but with the right wing lost to an old break. The wings are semi-cylindrical, with an open reverse and with the surviving wing terminating in an incomplete perforated wing cap. The front of the wing is moulded into a longitudinal ridge at both the wing tip and mid-point. The pin mechanism is lost. The bow projects from the head with a width of 7.9mm an…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-BA49FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative intial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. The surviving portion comprises of the head and upper bow. At the head of the brooch the wings survive to a width of 29.7mm, these are cylindrical; retaining a copper alloy axis bar in situ, and with a sub-recatngular slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin, the perforated lug of which survives. The wings are c. 4.1mm in diameter, with 3 parallel longitudinal incised grooves at either wing tip. The bow projects from the head with a width of 12.0mm, and is very broadly pl…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA49D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch; a hinged Colchester Mackreth group 17 derivative type probably dating from AD 43 - 200. The brooch has an integral head loop above a pedestal of three horizontal ridges. The wings have reel mouldings and are tubular to hold an iron axis bar supported by holes in the endcaps. This would have supported a hinged pin which is now missing. The upper bow flares to join the wings. It has a simple central longitudinal ridge and smaller ridges along the edges. The lower bow terminates in a pronounced foot knob which is circular in plan, with a collar ab…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B92B01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 600. All that remains of the brooch is a zoomorphic terminal, possibly in the form of a horse's head. The fragment is narrow, comprising a spatulate terminal from which the D-sectioned bow extends, terminating in a worn break. The spatulate terminal bears moulded double banded chevron decoration extending from a central ridge. The ridge terminates in a double grooved chevron where the terminal "snout" becomes the shaft of the brooch. Midway along the shaft, two bulbous eyes project, one to either side…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-B8DB6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. The head is ovate with a heavily corroded spring mechanism to the reverse. The corrosion obscures most of the detail of the spring but an axis bar remains fitted through it, its ends continuing to form a loop, held by a separate rectangular collar. A circular sectioned pin projects from the spring, tapering to a worn point. A circular sectioned bow extends from the front of the head, curving to a circular acanthus-style moulding flanked by double banded circumferential collars. The bow continues with a D-shaped s…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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