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-336352
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval decorated annular brooch (AD 1300-1400). Treasure case no. 2012 T221. The brooch is convex at the front and flat on the reverse. Its front surface has a legend within a raised border and the reverse is decorated. On the front surface the legend has a quatrefoil initial mark and in Lombardic lettering reads: IACEPARMELCHIORBALTASA (the Magi, Jaspar, Melchior and Balthasar).The letter S is the form of an M and is turned sideways to conserve space. At the centre of one arch there is a constriction for the silver-gilt tapering pin. The shaft of the pin is sub-rectan…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-160048
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled symmetrical plate brooch (c. AD 100-200). Bayley and Butcher 2005: 176-177, ref: T227. The brooch is lozengiform in plan, with a stepped profile of three tiers, the uppermost forming a recessed cell retaining traces of white enamel over white ?cement. There is no surface treatment. The rear face is concave at the centre with the vestigial remains of two pin lugs and a catch-plate. This brooch is in poor condition and the breaks are old. Length: 25.4mm; width: 15.6mm; thickness: 5.2mm. Weight: 2.83g. Bayley & Butcher (2005: 176-177…
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Record ID: IOW-C631DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type, dating AD 60-65. The fragment is of the head, lugs, and upper half of the bow. This break has happened before deposition. The pin and catchplate are missing. The bow has a flattened lenticular cross section, with a moulded spine which joins the lugs at the hinge. The arms are semi-cylindrical, with moulded ridges at the shoulders and an iron spindle holding the spring and pin in place.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Record ID: IOW-4C33B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group) (AD 80-120). Overall length: 33.8mm; overall width: 17.1mm. Weight: 5.89g. The semi-cylindrical wings which have perforated end caps with a single vertical moulded rib each side of the bow head. The perforations in the end caps secure a copper alloy axis bar around which is wound an almost complete copper alloy wire spring of eight coils. The wire would have extended from the rear of the brooch to form a pin which is missing. The wire of the spring also forms the exter…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
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Record ID: IOW-DD8496
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (flat wing ends type, Western Group) of Mackreth 2011, 5.b4. The arms are semi-cylindrical and open at the rear with pierced plates at the ends. There are two wide vertical grooves at the front of each arm. The bow is strongly arched in side view and has a notched crest at the head which terminates with a pierced lug for the spring chord. On the sides of the head, adjacent to the crest, the bow is stepped in two stages. Below these features the bow has parallel sides with a width of 2.6mm. The relatively large…
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
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Record ID: IOW-50D7F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (flat wing ends type, Western Group). of Mackreth 2011, CD PH 5.c type The arms (wings) are semi-cylindrical in cross-section and have an overall width of 20.6mm. They are open at the rear with pierced plates (end-caps) at the ends. One plate is incomplete. There is a narrow vertical groove at the front of each arm, close to the plates. The bow is mildly arched in side view and has a perforated lug at the head for an external chord. A minute portion of the copper-alloy external chord survives within the…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
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Record ID: IOW-6C87EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill of Mackreth 2011,Chapter 3, Part 3, CD PH 6.a4 brooch.Flat wing ends type, Eastern Group. The spring mechanism and pin are missing. The plain wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with perforated wing caps. The bow is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Just beneath the wings the bow has a width of 6.3mm and close to the break the width is c. 5.0mm. At the front, the bow has three small projections, one above the other with indentations close to the break. This brooch is corroded with patches of a green pati…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: IOW-C62C71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, hinged brooch hinged pin type, dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The majority of the brooch remains, the pin is missing. The wings are cylindrical in section and undecorated. The bow projects from the centre of the wings and tapers towards an old break. The bow and rear have not been decorated.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2022
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Record ID: IOW-292C8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, hinged brooch of 10.d2, no. 2565 dating to the period AD 100--200. There is a broken stub at the top of the brooch's head,which may be the remains of a pierced lug for the chord. The wings are thin and rectangular in cross section, as well as undecorated. Where the wings join the head, the head is small and barrel-shaped, with a cross on the reverse face. Where the head becomes the bow, there is a thin, raised vertical line that widens to include the bow. The bow has broken off shortly below this, which makes it difficult to d…
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th July 2022
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Record ID: IOW-D94975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper-alloy small square-headed brooch. Pin missing. Early Anglo-Saxon, sixth century AD. Although the outside edge of the rectangular head-plate frame is very eroded, it can be determined that the frame was decorated with regularly spaced punched annulets. The head-plate second panel is in the form of a raised plain moulding and contains the head-plate inner panel which has a rectangular raised moulding containing three short vertical mouldings. The bow is gently arched and convex at the front, flat at the rear. At the front the bow is decorated with two vertical grooves…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: IOW-BCAC94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A small complete oval-shaped, silver annular brooch of the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Length 23mm, width 19.5mm and 2.0mm thick. Weight 2.58g. The frame to one side of the pin is of twisted cable pattern. Within each twist is a line of closely related granulations. The frame on the other side of the pin is plain and round in cross-section (2.0mm in diameter). There is a constriction (2.0mm in width) for the tapering pin which is round in cross-section. The pin has a sub-circular loop which completely encloses the constriction. At the juncture of the pin shaft and loop is a smal…
Created on: Saturday 31st January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
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Record ID: IOW-891777
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver sheet annular brooch of probable Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (c. 1400 AD - c. 1600 AD). External diameter 31mm x 28mm and c. 0.4mm thick. Weight 3.13g. The oval hoop (6mm in width) is convex at the front and concave at the rear and has a constriction for pin. Either side of the constriction are two decorative transverse grooves. A very small bar is sub rectangular in cross-section. The tapering silver sheet pin has six decorative transverse grooves situated at the loop end of the pin shaft. The hoop is not very robust and has probably been stamped fr…
Created on: Saturday 27th November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: IOW-A41D28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy brooch of P-shaped type (c. AD 150-250). The pin and spring are missing. The surviving part of the head is square in cross-section and the middle part of the bow is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The lower part of the bow is square in cross-section, similar to the head. Below the lower part the foot is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The foot itself is curved backwards to form a U-shaped catch-plate that held the pin in place. At its end the catch-plate return extends to form a single thread of copper-alloy wire tha…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: IOW-FFD017
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-70). The brooch survives as the head, bow, foot, catchplate, and half of the spring mechanism. The pin has not survived. The head of the brooch possesses two short wings covering the spring. Behind the wings is a centrally placed projecting bar which splits into two, one part at the top, one at the bottom. The bottom section curls upwards and to the left to form three coils before terminating in a point; the upper section curves up and over itself before being folded flat agains…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Record ID: IOW-9415F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, Trumpet type, missing pin but otherwise complete. The object comprises the head, spring, bow, foot, and catchplate of the brooch. The head is oval in shape and concave on the underside to accommodate the spring, it tapers sharply up into the bow which arches backwards. At the apex of the bow the smooth curve is broken by a central decorative element, this consists of a collar, with a deep recess followed by a wide collar of triangular spikes. There is then a central wide collar, another of spikes and then a deep recess and a final collar b…
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Record ID: IOW-B485B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An extraordinarily large and elaborate cast copper-alloy and enamelled Roman headstud (double-headstud) brooch (AD 75-200). The wings are sub-cylindrical and fully enclose an iron axis bar which is visible at both ends. A slot at the rear contains the loop of a hinged iron pin. The wings are flat at the top and convex or rounded at the rear. At the front of the wings, on each side of the bow, are three vertical rectangular cells. The inner cell on each side has a fleck of red enamel but the others are empty of enamel. On the top of the wings, a transverse ridge supports a central…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-8E0580
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy and enamelled brooch, possibly a developed T-shaped type (AD 75-150). This fragment is an incomplete bow. At the top it narrows and then one side expands towards the missing head. The lower part narrows to a transverse break. At the front two lozenge shaped cells are situated one above the other. The upper one is filed with blue enamel and the lower one is empty. A lozenge shaped groove follows the outline of each cell. Above and below the cells there is a longitudinal line of oblique grooves along the centre line. The rear face is plain and sli…
Created on: Saturday 4th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-96DFC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy flat, enamelled disc (sexfoil) plate brooch (AD 80-250). Part of the plate, the spring, pin and part of the catch-plate are missing. The front is decorated with a six-pointed star with concave arms around a single copper alloy pellet of reserved metal. The points of the star each terminate in a rounded knop. The areas inside and outside the star were probably enamelled but none can be seen. On the reverse, a single perforated lug accommodates an iron axis bar for the pin. A deposit of corroded iron around the pin lug may be the remains o…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-8299EA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch of the ‘eagle and hare’ type (c. AD 150-250). This brooch is convex at the front and mainly concave at the rear. The portion of the brooch takes the form of part of a stylised eagle (the hare is missing due to a break). The eagle is standing, facing right and has a pointed tail. The folded wing is represented by a band of parallel grooves which are incised into the convex surface of the brooch. An angular foot at the base is complete. At the rear, behind the tail, a single ‘D’-shaped pin lug is perforated wi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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