Record ID: SUR-E35176
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The upper part of a Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Eastern Group) bow brooch. The spring, pin and lower part of the bow and catchplate are missing. The spine of the brooch is decorated with a ladder-like engraving. On the surviving side wing is a pair of transverse grooves.
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: SUR-4FB6A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Kraftig Profilierte brooch of early Roman date. The brooch is complete and in good condition. It comprises a trumpet-like keeled upper part and a wide knop on the bow below this. The lower part of the bow is offset from the upper and is also keeled. The catchplate is plain and the rounded foot knop is out-turned.
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2011
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2018
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Record ID: SUR-756578
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A well-preserved cast copper-alloy early plate brooch of wheel-shaped type with the pin missing. The circular frame is recessed and has a raised rim. Centrally there are four central spokes, a central recessed raised boss, and a small projecting central knob. The brooch of late first to early 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: SUR-735DD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy and enamelled Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a duck. The pin is missing. On the back of the duck are four elongated cells for missing enamel. The brooch has a slender rounded neck and a long sweeping curved bill. Projecting from the tail is a loop, presumably for attachment to a chain. The brooch is probably of 2nd century date.
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Record ID: SUR-754631
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Roman cast copper alloy P-shaped brooch with a separate iron bar on which are attached a copper alloy spring and a pair of copper alloy terminals. The brooch has a flat tapering bow which has been extensively decorated with punched lines and circles. Similar decoration extends onto the catchplate which is bent upwards, and then the tapering tail of the catchplate has been secured by winding it around the base of the bow. The spring and pin, partly of iron, are separately-attached mechanisms attached through a hook at the head of the bow. Parallels for this brooch can be foun…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
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Record ID: SUR-AC2EFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman enamelled zoomorphic brooch in the form of a stag running to the right. the lower parts of both visible legs are missing. The long head of the stag is well modelled; the mouth drops open and the large eye is oval, framing a central dot. An ear projects below the antlers which are joined together to form a loop. The back of the curving neck is notched and the notching extends to the back and to both haunches. The back of the stag is additionally decorated with longer diagonal grooves. The stag is decorated with two enamelled panels. The larger is L-shaped and extends along t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Record ID: SUR-62D677
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy symmetrical lozenge-shaped (Hull's T240) plate brooch of Roman date. The brooch has notched decoration on the edges and corners and there are traces of enamel inlay in the central recess, possibly blue and red. The back of the brooch is hollow. The spring and pin are missing and the chord is iron.
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
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Record ID: SUR-766164
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large Roman brooch of P-shaped type, also referred to as a sheath-footed brooch (Hull's Group 11). The brooch is well-preserved although some areas of the surface are missing. The white metal coating is thick and extensively preserved. The pin is missing but the iron chord and spring survive. A notched rib runs along the head and a pair of ribs with notching between runs down the spine.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
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Record ID: SUR-9A1401
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The lower part of the bow and catchplate of a copper alloy Hod Hill brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: SUR-9A1F99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A distorted copper alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch dating to cAD 43-75. The catchplate is worn and part of the pin is missing. The catchplate is pierced with a circular hole. There are rounded transverse mouldings on the upper and lower parts of the bow and between them a strip of worn decoration which runs along the spine. The brooch has a projecting foot. The original length of the brooch was c 55mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: SUR-A18645
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The upper part, in two pieces, of a Roman copper alloy continental rosette brooch of Hook Norton type of mid 1st century date. The brooch has a strip form bow with two projecting triangular wings, each ending in a small round knop. There are inscribed lines along the bow and wings.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
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Record ID: SUR-6CFDB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn Roman copper-alloy oval disc brooch. The brooch has a shallow recess for a missing glass setting and retains the remains of an iron spring.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2015
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Record ID: SUR-187F70
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The upper part and spring of a Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with pairs of mouldings on each outer wing and pairs of grooves along the spine.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Saturday 11th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-B95A48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative, Harlow, two pins piercing head brooch. The brooch has a round sectioned bow, now distorted, and a separate spring which is held in place by a hook on the head. The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Saturday 24th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-674B15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the upper part of the bow of a Roman Polden Hill copper alloy brooch. The strip form bow is slightly rounded with an integral loop on the head. The sides are notched above the break and the area between the notches are engraved with diagonal lines.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: SUR-7482C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch probably dating to the 2nd century. Centrally is a rounded square extending from two corners of which are rounded projections both containing blue enamel. There may have been four projections originally. Centrally is a projecting oval which has been engraved into the form of a human face. The head has no clear eyes but these may have been shown iin a surface coating such as silver. Most of the hinged pin is missing. A very small number of similar brooches have been recorded on the PAS database (eg SOM-F6B841; SUR-8905CD, WILT-4BF5B6; WILT-1617A7).
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: SUR-6E175E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped 'initial' type. The upper part of the bow survives together with the pin, which is hinged. The long and tapering side wings both have roll mouldings and the spine is notched.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 7th January 2015
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Record ID: SUR-17B4F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman brooch, Maxey bow and fantail type dating to AD 50-150 with a tinned surface. Complete with catchplate and spring but missing pin. The wings are semi-cylindrical and undecorated and a double pierced lug holds the axis bar and spring cord. The bow has three parallel ridges along the spine. The foot flares out to 10.8mm wide, has a moulded linear border surrounding an inner border of dot decoration and joins the bow at a moulded transverse ridge. As Hattatt (2000), p314. Very similar examples on the database include SF-CB0147.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 21st March 2020
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Record ID: SUR-C92804
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative, Harlow brooch of Mackreth (2011), CD Ha 1.d. Plate33 With a low ridge on the spine ending against a transverse ridge. The brooch spring has 11 or 12 twists. The lower part of the brooch is missing.
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5F8B28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman Polden Hill brooch, probably of Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, CD PH 7.a. The fragment comprises the head and arms with a portion of the fluted bow, which is decorated with a deep medial groove along the spine. The arms retain pierced caps at the end to hold the axial bar and a stump for a chord hook remains at the front of the head. The spring, pin, foot and catchplate are missing. Circa late 1st-late 3rd century AD.
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Saturday 19th September 2020
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