Record ID: WAW-603F3C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy umbonate plate brooch dating to the Roman period, circa AD 100-250. Mackreth 2011, British Plate Type 6.a. The brooch has a domed boss which is circular in plan. Surrounding the centre of the brooch are inward facing triangular cells a number are filled with blue enamel. Some are damaged and missing the enamel. The outer edges of the brooch are also damaged.  The hinge extends from one short edge of the rim at the reverse. The projection is broadly rectangular and is damaged and incomplete. This would have originally&…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FB3C22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of Polden Hill type. The spring, pin, bow, catch plate, and foot are missing. The head is 16.98mm wide, including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate in wing caps, though more of the right wing cap survives than the left wing cap. The wings are decorated with incised grooves at the junction of the wings and the wing caps and with oblique grooves that run from left to right. At the front of the head, there is a rearward facing hook and a central, moulded rib with a triangular cross section that runs from th…
Created on: Sunday 4th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FAEDD9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch dating AD 50-175. The spring, pin, and wings are missing. The brooch is 9.48mm wide, with arched moulding at the junction where the wings would have met the head. There is a single moulded rib that runs along the brooch from the front of the head to around a quarter of the way down the bow, though the exact point at which it terminates is uncertain due to wear and abrasion. The head has a similar shape to the heads for SF-38EAD7, BH-32D060 and ESS-EB953C. There is, however, little evidence of there having been a …
Created on: Sunday 4th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E7D1CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type 4 brooch dating c. AD 75-175. The pin, foot, part of the spring, and part of the catch plate are missing. The head is 19.86mm wide, including the wings. The wings are semi-cylindrical; have sub-circular, pierced wing caps; and do not appear to have any decoration aside from an incised groove running along the length of both wings near the junction with the wing caps. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. There is a pierced central lug at the front …
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E74682
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch, either of Aucissa or Hod Hill type, and dating AD 43-75. The pin, foot, part of the bow, and part of the head are missing. The bow is largely sub-rectangular in plan and arched in profile. The head of the brooch is roughly sub-rectangular in plan. At the front of the head, there are the remains of a folded tube with a sub-oval cross section that is formed by rolling parts of the copper alloy sheet initially upwards and then back upon itself and cutting a sub-rectangular slot in the centre. The left-hand section of the …
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 9th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-24577D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman penannular brooch of Fowler (1960) Type A2 or A4. The object consists of a knurled knop and part of the hoop of the brooch. At the top of the knop is a sub-circular to sub-hexagonal disc (6.15mm wide, 6.38mm thick). The knop itself has an oval cross section, reaching a maximum of 9.28mm wide and 7.97mm thick. The knop is decorated with moulded knurling consisting of twisting ribs. Beneath the knop, there is a groove and the dimensions drop to 7.13mm wide and 6.41mm thick, after which there is a moulded collar that is 7.45mm wide and 6.52mm …
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FF6C2E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, potentially of a Trumpet brooch and dating c. AD 75-200. The fragment consists of only part of the catch plate, the foot, and part of the bow. The bow has a D-shaped cross section and tapers from a maximum of 5.84mm wide near the top to 4.23mm wide just before the foot knop. At the top of the bow section, there is the remains of a raised, moulded decoration, probably a knob, with a roughly V-shaped moulding at the bottom and a possible second V-shaped moulding nearer the top. Toward the bottom of the bow there is a raised disc, …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FE131D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating AD 75-200. Only part of the head remains. The head is D-shaped with a stub of an integral chain loop that has stepped moulding. The reverse of the head is slightly concave with the remnants of two integral pierced lugs on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the head. The bow emerges from the back of the head near the top and has a D-shaped cross section and tapers from 4.78mm wide and 3.62mm thick at the start to a rounded point at the worn and abraded break. There is no extant decoration on the head. Dimensions. Length: …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E91469
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative type, dating to circa AD 43-120. The brooch is incomplete and missing the wings. It is likely the brooch would have had a spring that would have been placed in the concave slot at the reverse of the head. At the reverse of the head is a small protrusion, probably the small remains of a now missing rearward facing hook. The bow is hump like in profile similar to the Polden Hill varieties. The bow is broader where it extends from the head and narrows to a now damaged terminal.  The lower bow, f…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-DFFB3A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch, possibly a Trumpet brooch, dating AD 75-175. Only the foot, most of the catch plate, and part of the bow survive. The lower bow has a D-shaped cross section and gently tapers from 5.22mm wide near the break at the top to 4.19mm wide just before the start of the foot. The catch plate is formed from a copper alloy sheet that comes down nearer the left-hand side of the bow and curves at the bottom towards the right, though around one third of it is missing and there is a jagged break near the bottom that has a green patina, suggesting the break o…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-CC4FED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type dating AD 75-175. Possibly Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4a Plate 48. The pin, foot, catch plate, and most of the bow are missing. The head is 42.79mm wide, including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate with sub-oval wing caps that are raised relative to the end of the wing. The wings are decorated, with there being a central, moulded, raised rib. Either side of the central rib there are two smaller, moulded raised ribs that are decorated with transverse incisions that are roughly equally spaced…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-5079FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type 4 dating AD 90-130. The spring, pin, catch plate, foot, most of the bow, part of the wings, and part of the wing caps are missing. The head is 20.89 including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminated in either circular or oval wing caps, though much of both wing caps are now missing, with more of the right-hand wing cap surviving than the left-hand wing cap. There does not appear to be any surviving evidence of decoration on the wings other than a raised rim where the wing cap is. …
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-5002F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, possibly Mackreth (2011) Standard Trumpet Type 1a1b (see Mackreth (2011) Vol.2 pg.81 Pl.78 no.5021 for a possible comparison) and dating c. AD 75-175. The pin, most of the bow, catch plate, and most of the suspension loop are missing. The head is oval shaped in plan and 37.61mm wide. At the front of the head there is the remains of a suspension loop. This begins with a 19.84mm wide sub-rectangular section with two incised transverse grooves. There are two stubs of the suspension loop proper, which appears to have been circular or oval …
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-4D3235
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Plate brooch, likely dating AD 100-200. The spring is missing. The brooch is circular in plan with four rounded knops projecting from the outside edge at 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, and 9 o'clock. The knops have a central recess and a moulded raised pellet in the centre of the recess. Around the edge of the central disc, there is a moulded raised circumferential rim. Inside of the central recess of the main disc, there is a raised four-pointed star or four petalled flower. In each segment outside of the four-pointed star/four pet…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-C1E8E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman Colchester derivative brooch of Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), dating to AD 80-120.  The brooch is T-shaped in plan. The wings are semi circular with missing end caps. The foot, majority of the catch plate are missing along with the spring and pin.  The wings are semi circular in profile. There is a rectangular groove at the reverse of the head where the spring mechanism would have been in situ. At the rear of the head are the remains of the rearward facing hook. On the upper section of the head is a sh…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: WAW-1866AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type and dating AD 75-175. Possibly Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.c. The spring, pin, catch plate, foot, and part of the rearward facing hook and parts of the wing caps are missing. The head is 25.29mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wing caps are incomplete, showing signs of breakage in antiquity and presumably having been sub-oval in shape when complete. The left wing has a thicker raised ridge on the outside edge of the wing and a thinner moulded parallel ridge nearby. The right wing has remn…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-9F1A56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of the umbonate type and dating AD 100-250. The spring, pin, part of the lug, and a semi-circular section around 9 o'clock on the obverse are missing. The brooch is sub-circular in plan and is domed in the centre. There appear to have been six small knops around the outside edge at half past 1, 3 o'clock, half past 4, half past 7, 9 o'clock, and half past 10, though only those at half past 1 and half past 4 survive. There is a rectilinear projection at 12 o'clock that may once have extended into a chain loop. The outer part of t…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-9D96BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating c. AD 100-200.  See Mackreth (2011) TR1.2c2 - a potentially similar example can be seen in Mackreth (2011) Vol.2 Pl.81 No.4984. The spring, pin, part of the lug, some of the decoration, and most of the catch plate are missing. The head is 15.48mm wide and flared, with a concave reverse. Part of the lug on the reverse is missing, with the perforation being located near a sub-triangular point on the head. The exterior surface of the head is decorated with ornate, seemingly scrollwork moulded in relief, with raised p…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-4E0AA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating c. AD 100-200. The pin, foot, catch plate, most of the bow, and part of the head is missing. The trumpet shaped head has a sub-oval to sub-triangular cross section. The reverse has a sub-rectangular aperture with two semi-circular side lugs or end caps on opposing ends. The spring is housed within this aperture, though it is full of iron corrosion from the iron axis bar that runs through the spring and the end caps. At the top of the head are the remnants of an incomplete but integrally cast head loop. The head tapers towards the…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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Record ID: WAW-F8492A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type  of Mackreth 2011, 4.e, dating c. AD 75-200. The spring, pin, catch plate, foot, and sections of the bow are missing. The head is 26.35mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The left wing cap is complete and sub-oval in shape, whilst the right wing cap is incomplete and semi-circular. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched moulding present at the junction between the head and the wings. There appears to be the remnants of either a rearward facing or a pierced lug hook at…
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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