Record ID: IOW-C0DD0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Langton Down type, c.AD 40-70. It has a cylindrical spring cover, partly un-curled in the centre and exposing three to four coils of the spring within. Both ends of the spring case are incomplete and end in old breaks. The case is decorated on the front with double incised lines along the top; these are heavily worn. The bow is flat-backed, and the front is decorated with reeding, consisting of several ribs with central grooves, also heavily worn and ending in an old break. The rest of the bow, the catchplate, and the pin are missing. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-C0D7CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a Continental plate brooch, c.AD 100-300. The brooch is a lozenge shaped plate with corroded rounded knops surviving at two of the four corners. One of these knops hides the catchplate, which is incomplete. The knop's obverse face is flat and is decorated with a raised edge, which may have contained enamel. The main plate of the brooch is corroded but has no decoration apart from the stepping. There is a raised, concentric, stepped, two tier, circular boss at the centre of the plate. No further decoration is visible on the obverse fac…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-88C637
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy headstud brooch, c.AD 75-200. The brooch is incomplete, badly corroded, and is missing the lower part of the bow, the spring, and the pin. There are hints of vertical incisions on the wings on each side of the bow. The bow is pitted and has the remains of a raised annulet forming the headstud. The bow ends in an old break and is missing the foot and catchplate. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated and the bow is concave. This brooch has a dark green patina. See Mackreth 1.gb (vol 1, p 104 and vol 2, p 74, plate 71, no 7100). Fo…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: IOW-88499E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Initial T-shaped brooch of Hull T133, Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 159, fig. 127, no. T133, c.AD 50-150. The wings are cylindrical with an axis spindle retaining the pin. The bow ends in an old break, with three moulded oblique lines running down the bow. Most of the bow, the foot, and catchplate are missing. The surface has green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-9F4AB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill sub-type, c.AD 75-200. The brooch consists of the wings and upper bow only. It is missing the spring, the pin, the lower catchplate. The wings take the form of a cylinder capped with two perforated, oval wing caps. It has an open back into which the missing spring would have originally fitted.  The upper bow consists of a raised knop pierced by a circular hole (now missing) that is positioned at the bow’s centre above the wings. The knop diffuses into a raised ridge that runs vertically down…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-219198
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III Nauheim type brooch, c.100 BC- AD 100. It is incomplete insofar as the coil has broken and the pin is now missing. There are two coils in the spring, it loops twice over the front of the brooch, before curling back underneath itself and curls in a single loop. This is where the pin would have been attached, though it has since broken off. After the spring there is a narrow neck that quickly forms the main body of the brooch, measuring 10mm wide. There are the remains of geometric decoration, which are unclear duetowear …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-379C72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval-Modern copper alloy brooch, c.AD 1800-1950. This is the main plate of a brooch, lozenge in plan with a central raised section. The outer rim is decorated with a scalloped edge with a pellet in each divot, and a floral decoration at each pointed end. The reverse has the remains of the pin mechanism and catchplate at each end.
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: IOW-F7BFD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy Roman brooch, c.AD 100-250. This is the boss of an umbonate disc brooch, made from a thin sheet of copper alloy with the remains of enamel decoration on the obverse surface. This decoration appear to consist of eight segments of enamel, alternating red and blue, around a central circle of red enamel. Only two segments of enamel survive, although hints of colour can be seen in the centre, one blue segment, and two of the red segments. For a similar, more complete example, see YORYM-AB27EC.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: IOW-6918A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Medieval cast copper alloy small long brooch, c.AD 450-600. This is a fragment of the bow, foot, and catchplate. The bow ends in an old break. The angle of the bow indicates the whole bow would have been short and highly curved. The fragment is worn and undecorated. Below the bow is an elongated, sub-lozenge plate for the foot. On one side of the foot is a rounded lobe, the other side of the foot has an old break where a second lobe may have been. The remains of the catchplate is located just below the arched bow. Small-long brooches come…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: IOW-FA2B9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval button brooch, c.AD 450-550, Suzuki Class B1. Slightly squashed and bent, with no gilding remaining. The obverse has a circular base and a wide border that has been pressed in towards the centre in two places. The base depicts an anthropomorphic face within a concentric raised ridge in chip-carved relief. A central horizontal sub-rectangular band comprises the eye-area, with convex short ends and a concave lower edge above the chin/mouth area. Occupying the top and centre of the band is a raised T (brow ridge and nose) with a pointed oval ey…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-BD70BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow, c.AD 20-60. This is a double-lugged type fibula, with the bow ending in an old break. The arms are semi-cylindrical over a flange pierced with two holes at the centre of the head, one of which retains a fragment of the copper alloy spring chord. The rest of the spring and the pin is missing. The bow is circular in cross section and undecorated. The foot and catchplate are missing. The item is heavily worn and has a dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-177039
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Medieval cast copper alloy small square headed brooch, c.AD 400-600. This is the head of a small square headed brooch, square in planwith small knops at the top and the right. The left side would have had a small knop but has since broken off. The start of the brooch bow can be seen at the bottom of the head, before ending in an old break. The reverse face has two parallel stubs, which would have held the pin spring mechanism. There are no decorations on either face.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: IOW-176C64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Early-Medieval cast copper alloy brooch, probably a small-long, dating to c.AD 400-600. This is part of the head of a brooch, rectangular in plan with straight edges; there is an old break where the lower left corner is. The bow, foot, spring, and pin are missing. The obverse is decorated with two lines of evenly spaced double-ring and dots. The reverse holds a stub of the pin and spring mechanism.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-5DE6A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy headstud brooch, c. AD 75-200. This brooch has a cast headloop (incomplete) and wings with stepped vertical ridges on them. The reverse of the top of the bow is hollow. The headstud is integral and has an annular cell for enamel. The bow is decorated with a lattice pattern. The enamel does not survive. the pin mechanism and most of the catchplate is missing. The break is patinated.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: IOW-8E55D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age-Roman copper alloy brooch, c. 50 BC-AD 70. This is half of a cast La Tene III or Nauheim derivative brooch, Mackreth type ND 1.c. Three coils of a spring are wound at the head, with the central coil expanded to form a narrow lentoid bow with a line of moulded dots down its middle, ending in an old break. The rest of the bow, the catchplate, and pin are lost.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: IOW-8E550D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative, hinged (Dolphin type) brooch, c.AD 43-100. The brooch consists of the head with complete wings and the remains of the hinge in the centre of the back. The bow arches from the head and tapers to the catch-plate. No other decoration can be seen.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: IOW-FCF5BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tiny Post Medieval-Modern cast copper alloy brooch, c.AD 1800-1950. This is a remarkably small brooch, possibly for a lapel or tie, that is circular in plan and convexon the obverse face. The reverse face has two platforms for the pin/catchplate mechanism, which is missing. There is no decoration on the obverse face and no makers marks on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: IOW-F3367F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman Colchester derivative, Polden Hill brooch, c.AD 50-360. This is a heavily corroded segment of the bow and catchplate of a brooch, with a single line of decoration down the centre of the brooch bow. The head and pin are missing, there is no indication of further decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: IOW-B7859E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy openwork brooch, c.AD 100-200. This brooch features a central plate formed from four symmetrical discs with off-centre open apetures, which give these discs a crescent-like appearance. These disces are arranged around a central, circular disc with a large circular apeture, with triangular pieces of plate between the four outer discs. There are the remains of blue enamel in the triangular gaps and this strongly suggests the crescents were decorated with enamel too.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: IOW-7CE978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Early Medieval cast copper alloy equal armed brooch, c.AD 430-700. A heavily corroded fragment of an equal-armed brooch, cast as a single piece with gilding in the recess. This fragment consists of most of the bow and one terminal with the remains of a pin lug on the reverse face. The obverse face is decorated by chipped/incised lines picking out possible zoomorphic designs. Unfortunately, too little remains of this brooch to determine the original design.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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