Record ID: WMAS-333364
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group), Mackreth 2011, 5.b4. P.late 50. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has long cylindrical wings which terminate with caps that are perforated by a single hole. In one of the holes the end of a copper alloy axis bar can be clearly seen; the opposing wing cap however, is slightly damaged around its perimeter (not recent breaks) making the axis bar more difficult to see. The damage was possibly caused by t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
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Record ID: WMAS-333917
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.c. Plate 46, pg. 72, no. 1939. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is humped and is flanked on either side by small, slightly concave, raised appendages. In the centr…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-333A35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.b.-4c, Plate 46. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar. The ends of the wings are decorated by two adjacent longitudinal grooves, the rest of the wings are undecorated. The bow head has little to no hump so that in cross-section the bow forms a…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-333B47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch of a type common in the West Midlands. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support an iron axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The bow head has a large hump. In profile a slight under head bulge can also be seen. In the centre of the hump, on both sides a moulding is present at the junction between the b…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.