Record ID: CORN-23F237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete wire copper alloy bow brooch with short bilateral spring, coiled into 5 loops on a central, solid copper alloy axial rod, which holds the spring together. The chord seems to be missing but it could only have been attached to one end of the spring as the other end is in the centre, next to the central coil which extends to form part of the bow. The bow is broken and bent at an angle from subsequent damage, so the original curvature cannot be made out. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The surface of the brooch is corroded and pitted so that the recorder cannot determi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-673973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch with twisted wire extensions for wings and a circular rivet hole between the extensions, at the head of the brooch, possibly for a head stud. The pin is missing but part of the catchplate remains at the base of the bow. Camerton B Colchester derivative (Sally Worrell pers comm) 1st century AD (Dr. J.D. Hill pers comm) Olivier in Barrett et al. (2000), illustrates similar examples, with applied rivets, from Cadbury Castle, on page 140, Nos. 37-8, which date from c.AD 43-70 (Sally Worrell pers comm). Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar C…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-51A8A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Aesica-variant brooch with a central disc on the bow and the remains of a fantail beneath it. On the back of this broken and truncated fantail is the top edge of the catchplate. The disc on the middle section of the bow has a central, circular setting with a stud still extant on the back of it. There are also fan-shaped recessed sections emanating out from the central setting, which may have originally held enamel in separate fields. The remains of the crossbar show that is was a hollow tube for the axis, on which the pin is hinged. The axis and the …
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-51C1F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 1.b2, The Trumpet Knop, flat wing ends), missing its spring, pin, catchplate and footknob. The head has a beaded crest with plain flanges either side of the head, and moulded oblique lines on the front of each side of the crossbar. Below the crest, the bow tapers towards the foot with moulded cross-grooves and a pair of cross-ribs surrounding a central moulding. The bow is then undecorated beneath this element and the upper edge of the catchplate is just visible, although dama…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-51CED4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with the remains of some red and yellow enamelled decoration. The enamel is set into a panel of alternating triangular and lozenge shapes running the length of the bow on the upper face. This type and pattern of decoration is similar to Hull's 'Sawfish' brooches, but the sides of the bow do not now have these projections and it is narrower than this type, but consistent with other examples of T-shaped brooches. Half way down the back of the bow are the remains of the attachment edge of the catchplate, and the footknob is plain a…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A6C4B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped or Colchester derivative tapering bow brooch. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers towards the missing foot. It has a moulded knurled crest extending from the head and tapering towards the lower bow. This crest is defined by raised moulding in the form of rectangular bosses. The crest probably did not extend to the foot, which is missing, as the bosses flatten out towards the end of the broken bow, but it is too corroded to be sure. Most of the tubular wings and the lower part of the bow have corroded away. The backs of the …
Created on: Friday 14th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-24EB51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Polden Hill type Roman brooch in two parts with separate spring, now detached. At the head end of the bow, there is a crest made up of six bosses, running in a line like a caterpillar. The third and sixth boss of the crest are attached by copper alloy rivets to the head and body of the bow. The tapering bow has a hollowed back which is semi-circular in section. The catchplate survives at the foot of the bow and is triangular in profile. The cross bar of the brooch is semi-cylindrical and hollow at the back and has a penannular fitting at either end, which would have …
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
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Record ID: CORN-72FD04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch, circular in plan and flat in section. The edge of the brooch is defined by a ropework border, made up of groups of four raised oblique lines, alternating with plain sections. The interior of the decorated face holds a central bifid arch of foliage, ending in three points, and bordered above by nine circular beads and below by seven. This pattern, with internal foliage and external beading, resembles a 'paisley' print, brought to Scotland from India in the early 19th century. There are more patterns of foliage above the arch, but most of these are obscured by t…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4FB1D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch with a looped headplate, enamelled and moulded bow, and expanded foot. The D-shaped headplate is decorated with two transverse grooves which step down to the recessed tab with only the base of the loop remaining. The back of the headplate has two perforated D-shaped lugs which would have held the spring and pin, now missing. The upper part of the bow has a rectangular section with two longitudinal recessed fields which hold twelve rectangular cells, each pair with alternating orange enamel, still extant, and bronze. At the e…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 20th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-C24EE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch with six moulded collets as settings, each with the remains of the white paste used as fixative for the stones inside them, now missing, alternating with six vertical cylinders tapering to a point. The pin is missing but part of the attachment loop remains on the inside edge of the frame, which the wire pin would have been looped through. Griffiths, Philpott & Egan (2007) illustrate similar examples with collets alternating with projections from the frame, on page 143, Plate 25, Nos.1723 & 1728, which are dated to the Later Mediev…
Created on: Sunday 5th December 2010
Last updated: Saturday 15th January 2011
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Record ID: CORN-273084
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy ansate ('handle-like') brooch decorated with equal-sized shield-shaped plates on either side of an arched bow, in profile, that is rectangular in plan, and semi-circular in section. Each plate has four punched ring-and-dot motifs, in a diamond formation, on the upper faces, and there is a singular ring-and-dot punched in the centre of the bow. The hinge, made up of two semi-circular perforated lugs, remains intact on the back of one of the plates, but is encrusted with iron corrosion product. The rest of the pin is missing, but on the back of the opposite terminal, t…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CB1394
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with the remains of part of the spindle held inside one of the tubular wings, still visible in the notch behind the head of the brooch.The pin is missing as is its catch plate which would have been at the back of the foot of the bow. The bow is triangular in plan and semi-circular in section, tapering to a ciricular section foot, which has siince broken off. On either side of the head of the bow, there appears to be a circular depression, which may have originally been enamelled, and the wings appear to have a pattern of altern…
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Saturday 23rd April 2011
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Record ID: CORN-40B696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch with part of bow and two tubular wings remaining. The wings are narrow, only 5 mm in diameter, and terminate in slightly bulbous rounded ends. The head and part of the bow retain a central raised ridge, defined on either side by incised lines, which follow the taper of the ridge as it narrows into the bow. The bow is arched in a single curve which rises above the top of the wings. At the back of the head, there is a gap or slot between the wings where the hinge would have attached to the crossbar. The hinge and pin and half of the bow and foot, w…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-0226E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman dolphin-type brooch with a pair of eyes, one on either side of the head of bow, just below the wings. The recessed area around the protruding pellet would have been enamelled to highlight the effect. There are fragments of decayed red enamel on the bow and wings. The wings are very corroded, but appear to have grooves and recessed shapes, where the enamel survives. The bow has a row of five moulded raised triangles alternating with five recessed triangles down each side. This creates a zig-zag pattern. The catchplate survives behind the foot of the brooch, but …
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-94E241
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy P-shaped divided bow brooch, triangular in plan, with an upper and a central transverse bar, tapering to a shield-shaped foot. Each side of the divided bow is lozenge-shaped in section, and the cross-bars are rectangular in section. The upper bar or head of the brooch is lozenge-shaped and still retains the remains of the hinge at the back, but the pin is missing. The catchplate is still intact with its curved clasp behind the foot, but the whole brooch is bent backwards, with the hinge on top and the catchplate parallel to the head, so that it is now P-shaped in the…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2010
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Record ID: CORN-5E3C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type bow brooch, missing the spring, the pin and the catch-plate (with only a width of 8mm, a length of 41mm, a thickness of 3mm and a weight of 2.7g). The spring was positioned behind the wings and only the stubs of the spring at the back of the head and the forward-projecting claw to tension the chord are now present. The stubs of the wings are evident either side of the head. The bow projects outwards from the head before turning sharply in an arch and curving inwards towards the foot. The bow is rectangular in section at the head (…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-1B6B45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch, which looks at first to be a composite plate brooch, like an example illustrated in Hattatt (2000) on page 354, Fig.213, No.1128. But the curvature of what remains of the bow, above and below the disc, suggests it is more likely part of a trumpet derivative brooch, such as one illustrated in Hattatt on page 330, Fig.189, No.987, or a fantail brooch, illustrated on page 315, Fig.174, No.315, which are both dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD. There is evidence that the areas on the disc, between the two raised concentric rings and c…
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3A58B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman Aesica-variant brooch, P-shaped in profile, with three riveted knops in a line from the top of the head to the base of the bow. One knop survives on the top of the head, just in front of the wings; another has been placed in the centre of the cross of the bow; and the third has mostly corroded away on the upper face, at the base of the bow, but its rivet survives on the back of the bow. The left arm of the cross is now missing and the right arm is broken so that the full extent of the side projections is not known. Some patina survives on this central section a…
Created on: Sunday 27th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 12th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-04FCA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with a small fragment of the iron pin remaining attached to the remains of the copper alloy hinge within the tubular wings. Only one wing survives, and the there is a faint decorative groove around the end of the wing, about 3 mm away from the terminal. The head of the brooch has a central, vertical, moulded ridge between two oblique ribs which taper to meet at a point, forming a 'V' shape, 19 mm down the length of the bow. Underneath the V-shaped ribs, the bow is also raised and moulded into a 'V' shape, defined by two grooves, which run …
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-FBFE77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged Colchester derivative Dolphin type brooch. The pin and hinge of the brooch are missing and so is the catchplate, which would have held the pin in place. The slot for the hinge still remains in the back of the head, between the wings. The ends of both the wings and the lower part of the bow have broken off, and are now worn to smooth, rounded ends. The wings are tubular and where one of the wings had broken at the end, the iron axis which would have secured the missing hinged pin is exposed. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers towards the mi…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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