Record ID: LIN-4B429A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lead brooch of uncertain date, similar in form to the Roman umbonate plate brooch. A convex boss protrudes from a flat plate. The plate edges have been broken Old break) but has the remains of knops. The boss is divided into facets  by five concentric ridges sub divided by ridges rising from the base to the apex. At the apex is a slight knop. At the base of the boss there appears to have a shallow groove. The facets do not contain the remains of any enamel. The reverse is concave. There is an&n…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: WMID865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Pattern). Usually these types of brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century, when they are made from copper alloy. However, this brooch is made from lead or lead alloy, and was made as the first stage to manufacturing brooches. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The wings are now misshapen and slightly crumpled, This damage does not look too recent. The wing caps do not have the central hole, like their copper alloy comparisons. These holes would have held in place an axis bar. Also missing i…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER CHADDESLEY CORBETT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-006CB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Highly distorted Romano-British lead model or pattern for a bow brooch mould. The relatively intact wings are decorated with three grooves. The rear of one wing is open, almost in the form of a sprung Dolphin, while the rear of the other is incomplete. There are two grooves down the bow, the lower part of which flattens out to a break. Wingspan 27.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-287030
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object, almost certainly a pattern for a Roman bow brooch. The object comprises an faceted and arched bow with a rib or flashing running vertically down its centre. At one end, the object flattens to a forward facing foot. At the other, there is a hollow arched section with folded over terminals perhaps intended to act as the brooch head. The object measures 40mm in length, 12mm in width, has a thickness of 9mm and a weight of 16.2g
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: LIN-5DC134
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Medieval lead brooch. The brooch is circular in plan, domed and decorated with incomplete lugs around the perimeter. A casting seam is located across the reverse, and two lugs or tabs extend from it. The perimeter of the brooch is decorated with a ladder motif. The interior is decorated with four pellet-in-annulets. It also somewhat resembles Roman umbonate brooches.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0BF416
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A possible incomplete cast lead alloy or lead pattern for the manufacture of a two part Colchester derivative brooch. The brooch pattern has wings which on the reverse have an off-set surface, and are not cylindrical as perhaps may have been expected. In the centre of the reverse of the wings there is a slightly high-relief oval platform where normally this is the deepest area of the cylindrical wings of a brooch such as a Polden Hill brooch, The upper edge of the wings is slightly angular and the wing terminals are asymmetrical. The bow head, in profile is slightly hump-like and is s…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-96FF5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lead bow brooch. It is very corroded with a short circular sectioned bow and two short wings either side of the head one of which is incomplete and damaged. Length 18mm, width 9mm, thickness 11mm, weight 2.15g
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-4240A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Lead fragment, probably from a Roman bow brooch (c. 43 - 300 AD). The fragment is from the head of the brooch, comprising two tubular wings from which the bow (oval in section) curves out and down. The fragment is extremely worn and the ends of the wings are broken. The fragment has a light-brown patina. It is 18.00mm in length, 23.02mm in width and 9.12mm in thickness. It weighs 14.84g. While Roman brooches are predominantly copper-alloy, lead versions were often made as the first step in the manufacture process. Other examples recorded on the database include: WMID865, DENO-C70F8…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-091CB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy pattern for the manufacture of a Roman umbonate plate brooch. Bent in half with the squashed pin-lugs and catchplate visible within the fold. The face comprises a flattened domed centre with central ring-and-dot within a sunburst pattern of two concentric rows of inward-pointing triangles and damaged plain outer border. Diameter c.30mm. Weighs 7.47g. 2nd - mid 3rd century. Describing a bow brooch from Woolaston, Gloucestershire (GLO-A8134C) the writer states 'These moulds are extremely rare finds with only 11 examples recorded on the PAS database to date su…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D99C21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete copper alloy Roman (dolphin) brooch, missing it's hinge mechanism and the pin, and the lower bow and catchplate. The brooch has been oxidised and has a green and brown patina. The head of the brooch has a pattern of vertical stripes.
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2016
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