Record ID: WAW-D91781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a Roman brooch. It is made from cast copper alloy. What remains of the brooch is the lower portion of the bow. The bow is broken just above a simplistic acanthus. In profile, the bow is straight. The bow is slightly domed in section, and after some initial tapering below the acanthus, then has a steady width until it reaches the bow foot. The lower portion of the bow is undecorated. On the reverse of the bow is an incomplete solid catchplate. The surface is slightly abraded but has a light grey/green coloured patina. The brooch measures 44mm long and 8mm wi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1ED1D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a cast copper possible composite brooch fragment. The brooch is formed by a semi-circular frame. The upper surface is decorated with bulbous knops, which are not integral to the frame. On the reverse of the frame, holes with flattened studs from the knops are visible. The upper surface of the frame is otherwise undecorated, except for traces of gilding. The frame is semi-circular in plan, and it is not certain whether the terminals are complete or not. One terminal has obliquely angled edges as if it has been cut. However, the object then has no obvious form of mounting …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-1E7DA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a cast copper probable brooch fragment. The brooch has a flat, possibly circular disc. The outer edge is curved implying it may be circular. The interior edge is either a broken edge, or the brooch had areas of openwork, it is not clear. It has a ridged border on the exterior and interior edge. Both terminals are the object are also broken, and look quite recent. The underside of the fragment is flat, except for two semi-circular parallel lugs. The lugs both have a central hole. Between the lugs there is a copper alloy fragment, which is likely to be the remains of a hing…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-1BC2A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a Roman brooch. It is made from cast copper alloy. What remains of the brooch is the lower portion of the bow. The upper portion of the brooch is curvaceous in profile, and decorated with an acanthus at the apex. The bow is semi-circular in section, and gradually tapers to a circular disc foot. The lower portion of the bow is undecorated. The upper terminal of the brooch has a broken edge, The break is possibly recently as the patina does not cover these breaks, but fresh metal is not visible. On the reverse of the bow is a complete solid catchplate. Some o…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1A8BD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a brooch. It is made from cast copper alloy. The upper portion of the brooch is a sub-square shape in plan, however the upper and left-hand vertical edge are abraded, the right-hand vertical edge is less abraded. The outer face of this portion is undecorated. On the reverse, towards the lower edge is an integral lug, which is a rectangular shape, with the vertical edge being broken. This edge has an incomplete hole in the centre. Around this lug is iron corrosion, suggesting the pin was originally made from iron. Protruding and integral to the lower edge of…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-C63947
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Penannular brooch of Fowler type C. It has a sub-circular frame in plan, with a gap. The two terminals are curled back over the frame, in one case forming a ‘C’ shape, the other a tight sub-‘G’ shape. The frame is rectangular in section. The pin is missing. The surface of the brooch has a shiny dark grey/green patina. It measures 16.05mm long, 16mm wide and 4.68mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.17g. The brooch is likely to be dated to the late Iron Age to early Roman periods. Fowler (1960 ‘The Origins and Development of the Penannular Brooch in Europe’ P…
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-8EDBB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, Western Group,flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 5.a2. a. Plate 49. It is made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical. The only decoration on the wings is the terminals are narrowed. The wings terminate with a wing cap, both of which are incomplete. Each cap has a break across the central hole. These breaks maybe due to recent abrasion. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. On the upper edge of the wing, there is an integral. The bow head is hump-like and decorated with two p…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-8D0203
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a cast copper alloy annular brooch. In plan, the brooch is circular. The brooch is decorated with cable style decoration. A small portion of the frame is narrowed to allow the pin to be hinged. The pin is cast, with a square block as decoration near the interior edge of the frame. The pin is then narrowed, is circular in section and tapers to a blunt point. The pin is seized, now, to the frame. The surface of the brooch and pin has traces of a dark green patina. The brooch measures 31.23mm diameter and 4.35mm thick. It weighs 6.5g. A similar decorated example is r…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-612972
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, a Dolphin type which dates to the mid to late 1st century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch are tubular, with a central slot on the reverse. One terminal of a wing is abraded. An iron axis bar is visible at the abraded wing terminal. The pin was hinged, and only a small part of the hinge remains, otherwise the pin is missing. The bow head is slightly hump-like, but is sub-rectangular in section rather than oval or semi-circular. The bow head and bow is decorated with a vertical ridge which has a ‘U’ sh…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-222B56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
What remains of the brooch is the lower portion of the bow. It is from a Roman brooch, but its type cannot be narrowed down further, probably dating to the first to second century. It is made cast copper alloy. The upper portion of the brooch has a broken edge. This break is probably recent as it is abraded and corroded, whereas the rest of the brooch is not. The bow is decorated with horizontal ridges, which have a slight break in the centre. Only the upper portion of the remaining bow is decorated, the lower portion is plain. The bow tapers to a blunt foot. There is a single ho…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-215D75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Glos). cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j. Plate 48. Cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, however, only one wing is complete. The other wing has been broken by the bow head. The break is not recent, as the patina covers the break. The remaining wing terminates with a wing cap that has a central hole. The hole supports a copper alloy axis bar. The remaining wing is decorated with four vertical ridges. At the junction of the bow head and upper edge of the wings, there is a small central, integral h…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-20CA28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type) cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48, which dates to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy with the remains of an iron axis bar. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, however, only one wing is complete. The other wing has been broken by the bow head. The break is not recent, as the patina covers the break. The remaining wing terminates with a wing cap which has a central hole. The hole is filled with iron, suggesting the axis bar was iron, but this is all t…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-205F85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Roman brooch in poor condition. The brooch is probably a Hod Hill type. Hattatt (1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches) illustrates a similar shaped brooch, No. 315. Hattatt dates these types of brooch to the 1st century. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy, which is heavily abraded, and only a fragment of the brooch remains. The fragment is a portion of the bow. The bow has a block decorated with vertical ribbing. Protruding from the upper side corners of this block, and integral is a small knop on each side. Protruding from the upper edge of the block is a nar…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-674217
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The brooch is a Roman plate brooch. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979) illustrates a similar brooch, No. 90 and dates it to the 2nd century. Hattatt describes these types of plate brooches as an equal-ended plate brooch, and also dates it to the 2nd century. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy. The body of the brooch is rectangular in plan. The upper surface is decorated with parallel ridges, a pair in the centre and towards the exterior edges are a third and fourth. The ridges are dec…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-669568
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The brooch is a Roman disc brooch. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979) illustrates a similar brooch, No. 82 and dates it to the 2nd century. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy with enamelled decoration. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a central triskele pattern. In the centre of the triskele there is a high-relief circular platform. The border of the triskele is also in high-relief. Within the field of the triskele there are traces of red enamel. In the exterior field a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-D63ED0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval disc brooch, dating to the mid 5th to mid 6th century. It is made from cast copper alloy with the remains of an iron pin. The brooch was originally circular, however it has been broken and about a third of it is missing. The break may be quite recent. Its upper surface is flat decorated with a central small conical hole bordered by two concentric rings. The upper surface has a silver or tinned wash. The reverse has one visible semi-circular lug at one edge. There may be a second, but this is hidden by a large corroded iron spring. The pin is missing. The reverse also …
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-A636E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, further classification is not possible. The brooch probably dates to the 1st to 2nd century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch appear to have been originally semi-cylindrical when looking at their diameter in profile. The upper lower, and terminal edges are all abraded and incomplete. Only a short fragment remains of a wing, the other is missing completely. There is no decoration visible on the wing. The spring, axis bar and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like and undecorated. It forms an inverted…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-020FC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, further classification is not possible. The brooch probably dates to the 1st to 2nd century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch appear to have been originally semi-cylindrical when looking at their diameter in profile. The upper lower, and terminal edges are all abraded and incomplete. One wing has a vertical linear groove visible as decoration. The spring, axis bar and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like and undecorated. It forms an inverted rounded ‘L’ shape in profile with the wings. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-019F05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. which dates to the 1st century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy with an iron axis bar. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical. They terminate with wing caps. One cap is incomplete. The wing caps have a central hole which supports the iron axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The spring has 11 coils, the 12th is missing. The pin is also missing. The spring is difficult to see due to the iron corrosion. The spring also forms a horizontal bar along the…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-1BF5C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, Western Group,flat wing ends type, Lower Severn Valley), Mackreth 2011, 5.b4.Plate 50. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with end caps; both of which are incomplete. The wings may have been decorated but the original surface has been lost, so this is not certain. The end caps have an incomplete central hole to support the axis bar. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bow head is flat in profile, unlike the more common rounded and prominent style. There is a prominent incomplete …
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
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