Record ID: WAW-7BCCA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of Roman date, circa (AD 80 - 250). The pin is now missing and the catchplate and lug at the reverse are damaged. The brooch is flat and circular in plan. There are oval shaped protruding knops located at the outer edges placed either side of the pin mechanism at the reverse. The outer edge of the brooch is damaged. It is possible there were further knops placed around the circumference of the brooch. The circumference of the brooch has a border then within that a circle of inlaid blue enamel. Within that is a …
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-7B167C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy supporting arm brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon dating (AD 400 to AD 500). The object is broadly an inverted triangle in plan. The upper part of the object is broadly rectangular. The object then tapers and curves into a bow and terminates with a patinated break. At the reverse of the head are vertical lugs placed at either short edge. These were possibly to hold a spring and pin. A groove appears around the headplate, visible due to lighting on the 3D scan. The object has a well developed dark green coloured surface patina.  The object measures 26.2&n…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-41DB0D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type dating c. AD 75-175. Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.a. or 4.b. The foot, catch plate, part of the bow, and part of the pin are missing. The head is 19.47mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate with pointed oval wing caps and are decorated with a raised, moulded transverse ridge at the end of the wing - no other decoration is present. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. At the front of th…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-418B2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type dating c. AD 75-175. Possibly Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.c. The pin, part of the cord, and part of the catch plate are missing. The head is 18.65mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate with sub-circular wing caps, though the left wing cap is more damaged than the right wing cap. The wings are largely undecorated except for an incised transverse groove near the edge of the wing where the wings meet the wing caps. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-899A33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy trumpet type brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 75-175). The object has a round head with concave reverse to hold the now missing lug and pin mechanism. From the head the bow tapers sharply downwards. Roughly one third of the way down the bow is a mirrored trefoil-type motif with the three leaves in a line above and below each other and what appears to be the remains of red enamelling in the void between. From this motif the bow tapers and curves slightly towards the incomplete foot where it terminates in a worn break. On the reverse of the bow are the …
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
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Record ID: WAW-B0B5C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type 4.a  brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 75-160). The remains of the brooch consist of the head with wings complete but worn, and the bow. All other features are now missing. The reverse of the head is concave to accommodate the now missing spring mechanism. The remains of a hook to hold the top loop of the spring are apparent at the top of the head but very worn. The bow tapers from the head and terminates at the narrow foot. On the reverse of the bow at the base the remains of the catchpl…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2023
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Record ID: WAW-4D0278
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Trumpet type. The spring, pin, catch plate, foot, and most of the bow are missing. The head of the bow consists of a plate that is drop shaped in plan. Beneath this is a semi-circular lug with a circular central perforation. Inside of the perforation are the remnants of the axis bar. The bow emerges from the top of the head near the back with a semi-circular cross section, starting at 5.64mm wide and 4.22mm thick before tapering until the break. There is no surviving decoration on the brooch. Dimensions. Length: 12.18mm. Width: 9.41mm. …
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: WAW-4CCAD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type (c. AD 75-175). The spring, pin, foot, catch plate, rearward facing hook, most of the wings, and most of the bow are missing. The head is 11.14mm wide, including the remnants of the wings. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is a moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. At the very front is an ancient breakage where the rearward facing hook would have been. From this running down to the breakage on the bow are three ribs raised in relief. There are also tw…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: WAW-E3486A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type (c. AD 75-200). The spring, pin, right wing, rearward facing hook, part of the foot, and most of the catch plate are missing. The head is 18.05mm wide including the left wing and the remnant of the right wing. The wings are semi-cylindrical with semi-circular wing caps. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is a moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. There are three c. 0.9mm wide raised ribs running down the length of the brooch from the rearward facing hook down to t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-E2ECB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type dating c. AD 75-200. The pin, the foot, and most of the catch plate are missing. The head is 22.13mm wide including the wings. The wings are semi-cylindrical with circular wing caps. The wings are decorated with raised ribs right by the raised rims of the wing caps. At the front of the head, there is a rearward facing hook. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is a moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. There are two thin, raised ribs running from near the hook and conver…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-E2847C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type. The pin, top of the head plate, part of the spring, and part of the catch plate are missing. The head is 9.96mm wide. The remaining section of the head plate is rounded at one end and roughly rectilinear at the other in plan. There are two semi-circular perforated lugs on the underside. Between the lugs is the spring (three coils surviving) that is on an axis bar in a hollowed part of the head. At the top of the head, there are the remnants of a truncated integral chain-loop. The bow emerges from the head plate, arcing…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: WAW-E1D08C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type, dating to c. AD 75-250. The spring, pin, foot, most of the catch plate, and part of the rearward facing hook are missing. The head is 23.36mm wide including the wings. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. There is little evidence suggesting that the wings were decorated, aside from an oblique inscribed line on the left wing, though this could be post-depositional damage. At the front of the head there is the remnant of a rearward facing hook. The head is hump-like and there appears to be some evidence of …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-132376
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 75-175). The remains of the brooch consist of the partial head and bow, all other features are now missing. The head retains the left wing almost complete and the partial right wing.The reverse of the head is concave to hold the, now missing, spring mechanism.  At the top of the head is the hook to hold the top loop of the spring, which has also been retained but is chipped. The characteristic Polden Hill shoulder ridges are visible over the wings on either sid…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-CFE703
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch. The brooch is a Colchester derivative of the Polden Hill type  of Mackreth 2011, CD PH, 4.a-b. The head of the brooch is 18.07mm wide and 12.36mm thick. The bow emerges from the back of the head, starting at 7.46mm wide and 4.33mm thick, tapering to 4.76mm wide and 2.55mm thick before the break. There is little decoration remaining on the brooch. It has a rearward facing hook and end caps on the axis bar.The spring, pin, foot, catch plate, and part of the bow are missing. The head of the brooch is 18.07mm wide and 12.36mm thick.…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: WAW-5D1FBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type, dating to AD 100-200. The brooch is missing the head loop, pin, part of the catch plate, and foot. It has a dark, Verdigris patina. The brooch has a stepped head (17.96mm long, 13.63mm wide, 8.35mm thick), with the remnants of the now missing head loop at the top. The steps are decorated with equidistant incised lines, whilst the reverse features the hinge mechanism and remnants of the iron pin. The bow emerges from near the base of the head, starting as a rounded arch before curving inwards and forming a straighter body th…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: WAW-2AF769
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The pin, part of the spring, and part of the catch plate is missing. The rest of the brooch has survived. The remaining section of spring is 13.83mm long, has a 5.99mm diameter, and weights 0.84g. The brooch weighs 16.36g. The total weight of both brooch and spring is 17.20g. The head of the brooch has a diameter of 13.58mm and is 17.15mm thick, including the loop. There is a rearward facing hook behind the loop on the head. The bow emerges from the back of the head and starts to curve downward. It starts off at 5.38mm wi…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BC3D8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy Roman brooch (c. AD 75-175). The head is circular in shape and is not a solid piece of copper alloy, instead being hollow on the inside. Much of the head is missing, including the right wing of the crossbar. The partial left wing of the crossbar is 6.14mm long, 4.87mm wide and 1.73mm thick. The other surviving section of the head is 13.40mm long and 1.95mm thick. The characteristic Polden Hill shoulder ridges are worn but can be seen over the one surviving wing. The bow is also incomplete and is 15.87mm long, 6.75mm wide at the start, 4.…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BBEA44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy Roman Colchester brooch. It is missing the pin, spring, the right wing of the crossbar, foot, catch plate, and most of the bow. The head is 10.64mm long and 19.04mm wide. It is 12.18mm thick. The head tapers towards the bow, which is 10.48mm long, and starts at 6.42mm wide before tapering to 5.03mm wide before the break. It is 4.51mm thick before the break.
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BBDAD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy Roman brooch of the trumpet type. It is missing most of the bow, foot pin, spring, and catch plate. The head is oval and 16.37mm long and 12.32mm wide. It is 11.45mm thick at the head. The bow starts to taper at an angle from the head, curving backward. The bow is 6.03mm thick at the start, tapering slightly to 5.11mm before the break. Before the break, the bow is 13.20mm long and 6.99mm wide.
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: WAW-34BCBE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Headstud brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 75-200). The remains of the brooch consist of the partial head and bow, all other features are now missing. The wings on either side of the head are worn but complete. They are rectangular in section and are decorated with moulded horizontal ridges within a raised squared border running along either vertical side. At the apex of the head is a flat, rectangular collar mirroring the design on the wings. Emerging from this collar are the remains of an attachment loop. At the reverse of the head are the remains o…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
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