Record ID: BERK-6DBED6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy brooch spring, possibly post-medieval but date uncertain. It is incomplete but has six turns.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2011
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Record ID: BERK-767F77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double horse-head plate brooch,possibly Roman in date but potentially a modern creation. The brooch has a curved rectangular panel bar that curves downwards and is filled with yellow enamel. The terminals of the bar has three incised grooves within the copper that are reminiscent of an animal's paws. Projecting from the centre of the lower side of the curved bar is a short neck that leads into two opposing horse heads. The horse heads are depicted in profile and face outwards from the centre of the brooch. They are equidistant either side of the neck. The …
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-00AA23
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy brooch pin fragment. One end of the pin is curved at a right angle, the other is broken. Dimensions: length 38.85mm; diameter 1.36mm; weight 0.50g
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chipping Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-C04C96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman plate brooch in the form of a stylised bird. Unusual in form, the brooch has a central rectangular plate with central panel decorated with two complete lozenges with triangles at each side decorated with ring-and-dot decoration. Triangles border the central panel both above and below, and all were inlaid with enamel, however this has now degraded from the cells. A projection from the rear of the brooch forms a roughly triangular 'tail', again with cells of degraded enamel. The spring pin has two turns and is complete, as is the extended catchplate. No d…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
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Record ID: BUC-B74160
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, dated to the 1st to 2nd centuries. Brooch has a simple trumpet-shaped head with no wings. The bow curves deeply outwards and has a decorative collar at its middle. The collar consists of five prominent horizontal ridges moulded in relief. The foot has three similar ridges in relief and ends in a small terminal knop. The catchplate is complete and the pin is present. The brooch has a green patina over its surface.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-406374
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch. The brooch is lonzengiform with four sub-circular cupped lugs, one projecting from each corner. In the centre of the lozenge is a raised circular boss surmounted with a shallow cupped bowl - smaller than the ones forming the lugs. The shallow cup in each lug and the one in the central roundel are all stained with orange corrosive product; it is likley that they contained enamel. On the reverse are the remains of the pin hinge and sub-triangular catchplate - the pin is missing. The brooch has a rich mid brown patina and is in good overall condit…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-414361
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative Roman brooch. All that remains is the triangular catchplate and a short length of the bow. The bow has a central groove running lengthways and at the foot of the brooch are two incised grooves running side-to-side. There is a pronounced lip along the section where the bow and catchplate meet. The catchplate has a semi-circular groove for holding the pin. This item can be dated from the first to second century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-C61CC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch with serrated edges, Hull's type 144 with the Polden Hill side lugs, complete except for the missing enamel decoration. It also appears to have an additional forward-facing hook of a different (poorer) copper alloy to both the brooch and the chord and spring. The lower bow and foot are bent to one side. The wings span 24.3mm and are C-shaped in section. The side lugs extend backwards on a slight inward angle. The lugs hold the axis bar on which is at least an 8-coiled spring, at least nine. The pin however is also of a different copper alloy (which…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-2EF8D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a hen or cockerel (late 2nd century AD). The head and body project from a flat base that conceals the pin and catchplate. There is a break across the neck and the head is now missing. The body is hollow and the wings are decorated with semi-circular cells then a curve of triangular cells. The cells are infilled with red, yellow and blue enamel. It has twin lugs and the pin that hinges is complete. The catchplate is missing Bayley and Butcher (2004:174) note these seem to be a British product; a very similar example is illustrate…
Created on: Monday 27th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2013
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Record ID: BERK-309D40
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch with head loop. The loop at the back of the head which would have been used to secure the pin is now missing. The bow has a D-shaped section and has a double 'V' on the head. There is moulded beading on the apex of the bow consisting of three transverse lines. There is no other decoration on the bow. Similar brooches are shown in Hattatt; A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches (2007) p328; that are dated from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. Dimensions: length 48.75mm; width 10.84mm; thickness 23.86mm; weight 9.6g
Created on: Monday 27th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.