Record ID: WAW-3066C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Initial T-shaped brooch made of cast copper alloy. The brooch is a T-shaped type, which probably dates to the late 1st century (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 159)The wings are semi-cylindrical and formed by the upper and lower edges being folded over creating a horizontal join at the reverse of the wings. The wings are decorated with an oblique groove on each. Within the wings there is a horizontal copper alloy axis bar, around which the spring is coiled. T…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: WAW-095FE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. 40- c. 65) Colchester derivative type brooch: The wings are semi-cylindrical with no wing caps, and in the centre of the reverse there is an lug which is prolonged over the top of the bow to form a crest. The lug has two circular perforations; one to hold the chord and the other the chain. The chord, chain, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is slightly hump-line in profile and tapers to the bow which is semi-circular in section. The foot of the bow is broken, but this is not recent. The bow head and bow are decorated with two vertical ri…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-82EEE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (2nd to mid 3rd centuries) umbonate brooch: The copper alloy brooch is circular in plan with eight small knops around the edge. The body of the brooch is domed in profile and decorated with a pellet at the apex within a low-relief annulet. There is a second annulet around the edge of the brooch, and between the two there are triangular cells filled with alternating red and blue enamel. The reverse of the brooch is concave and hasa complete catchplate at one edge, and opposite there are two perforated lugs which forms the hinge. The hinge has an axis bar which supports a copper a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: WAW-07F000
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman (AD c. 25 to 55) Birdlip type brooch: The brooch made from copper alloy. The head, in plan from the reverse, is a sub-oval, which on the outer face tapers to form the bow. This portion of the bow is decorated with a central triangular ridge with flared arch either side. This moulding terminates with a pair of two horizontal fine ridges with a more prominent slightly bulbous ridge in between. Below this horizontal ribbing there is a sub-triangular spur whose tip is upturned, and this portion of the brooch is known as the beak on these type of brooches. The bow …
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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