Record ID: DOR-E0B059
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch.  A knee brooch. The pin shaft is missing. At the head is a open-backed box housing the iron axis bar and spring for the missing pin. The copper alloy spring is present and has three coils either side of the stub of the pin shaft. The end caps of this spring housing box are pierced to accommodate the ends of the axis bar. The wings are short. The head projects horizontally from the centre of the wings (the front of the spring housing). The bow then curves outward an down on a P-shaped profile extending into a short, straight leg. At …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-62E541
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy millefiori enamelled disc brooch. The brooch is large, circular and flat. The face of the brooch is decorated with millefiori enamelling in two concentric bands inside concentric metal reserves. The enamelling is of chequered panels of blocks of turquoise and white without a border, alternating with red, blue and white blocks within a red border. The outer edge of the brooch is raised to contain the enamelling. There is a circular hole at the centre through which a projecting boss is attached. The boss is a circular, waisted column with an expa…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0E23A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A trumpet brooch with a variant head. The head is semi-circular and hollowed at the rear. At the rear along the lower edge are the integral wings, semi-circular in cross section and housing the copper alloy axis bar for hinged pin mechanism. There is a notch in the wings at the midpoint where the remnant of the hinged pin is attached.  At the top is the remnant of a pierced integrally cast head loop. The bow is narrowed from the head and projects forwards before curving downwards, almost at a …
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-0DF04F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A T-shaped (Colchester derivative). The bow, wings and catchplate remain but the pin is missing. The wings are short and cylindrical. Each is decorated on the ends with a vertical incised line. The wings house an copper alloy axis bar to which the missing the pin was attached. Flanking the head of the bow are two diagonal ridges (both angled inwards at the top). The front of the bow is convex and curved, the rear has three longitudinal facets. The bow is undecorated and tapers to a pointed foot. At the rear of the lower bow is&…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-0DC6B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch.  The frame is circular with a flat rectangular cross section. There is a constriction in the frame where the separate copper alloy pin is attached. The pin is hooked around the constriction at one end, tapering  to a point which rests on the opposite side of the frame at the other. The front of the frame is decorated with four large collets arranged to form a square. Two are filled with a white material, possibly degraded glass. Between the collets are eight small rivets with dished tops (these have been inserted separately in…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9348BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy developed T-Shaped brooch (Colchester derivative). The pin and one wing are missing. The wing is tubular and tapers slightly to the end which is decorated with two vertical ridges at the front. There is a void at the rear of the head of the bow where the missing pin would have attached to the missing axis bar. The iron staining around this area and on parts of the surface of the brooch suggests the axis bar was of iron.The curved bow extends from the top of the wings and tapers to a rounded foot. The head is decorated with a raised m…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-DCDAAB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy brooch of uncertain type. Possibly a headstud variant. Part of the head and upper bow only remains. The wings a short and semi-cylindrical. The front of the wings are flat. They house an iron axis bar for a hinged pin mechanism. The head of the pin remains attached to the bar via a notch between the wings. At the head of the bow is a break where there was likely a chain loop plate, the bow projects forwards from the wings and tapers to the break. The head of the bow is decorated with a moulded central longitudinal ridge. At the break in th…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: DOR-DCAAAD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy small-long brooch. The plate head, part of the bow and the rear lug only remain. The brooch has rectangular head plate with rounded corners. It is decorated on the front with a row of stamped triangles, points inwards, arount the outer edges. The reverse of the head plate is undecorated and has an integral, incomplete, perforated, vertical lug. At the centre adjacent to the lower a-edge is a raised rectangular area from which the bow extends from the lower edge of the plate. .The top of the bow is decorated with a large lozengiform boss, hollowed at…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D95E32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. An initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin mechanism. The wings, bow, and part of the catchplate remain. The bow is flattened and distorted. The pin is missing. The wings are short and cylindrical housing the copper alloy axis bar. There is a notch at the rear of the wings for the attachment of the missing pin to the bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical moulded ridges and grooves. The head of the bow is wide and extends from the top of the wings. It is a shallow D-shape in cross section with a slight hollow …
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C73177
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy developed hinged trumpet variant brooch dating to AD 75 - 200. The wings are semi-cylindrical and set behind the head of the bow. They house a copper alloy axis bar to which the pin is attached via a notch between the wings. The pin has an expanded head and tapers to a point. At the top of the head is an incomplete chain loop with transverse moulded ridges at the base. The trumpet-shaped head projects fowards and tapers in as it drops down. The bow is D-shaped in cross section. At the base of the trumpet head is a stylised acanthus knop flanked top and bottom by…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C421E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch. A  developed T-shaped brooch (Colchester derivative). The brooch has cylindrical wings housing a copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin. The ends of the wings are each decorated with two incised vertical lines on the front. The pin is attached to the bar via a central notch between the wings at the rear. The pin has an expanded head to tension it against the rear of the bow and tapers to a point. The bow extends from the centre of the wings and is C-shaped in cross section with a slight hollow at the rear.  The bow tapers to a projecting foot.The …
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-F19A51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel plate brooch. The plate is zoomorphic in form, but precisely which animal is represented is unclear. It appears to be a mammal, possibly a lion. It has a long body with a slightly incurved back and rounded rump. The lower body is arched. There is a rear leg and a possibly damaged front limb. The rear limb has a well defind hunch and a rounded foot. There ua a possible stub of a tail at the rear, but there is also a cast, curving ridge around the haunch which may be a tail or may delineate the hip. The front limb is right angled forwards. The front …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1CE9D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy bow brooch. A trumpet derivative brooch with a variant head. At the head is a  semi-circular plate,  flat at the rear. At the rear along the lower edge of the plate are the integral wings, semicircular in cross section and housing the remains of a possibly iron axis bar for the missing hinged pin mechanism. There is a notch in the wings at the midpoint where the missing hinged pin was attached.  At the top is the remnant of an integrally cast head loop. There are traces of iron corrosion on the wings. The…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1CB740
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy strip bow brooch.The wings and partial bow only remain.  At the head of the brooch is a central notch between the remnants of the rolled wings where the missing pin would have been attached to the missing axis bar. The bow has a flat rectangular cross section and tapers slightly to the break. The front of the bow is decorated with two parallel longitudinal moulded ridges flanking a wavy line ridge. The rear is flat and undecorated. Reference: Hattatt, R, 2000, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, pg.319, fig.178 no…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AB14B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel bow brooch. Mackreth type KNEE 1.a1 decorated. The wings are short with integral pierced end caps to house the axis bar of the sprung pin mechanism. The wings and end caps form a rounded box to contain the spring. The spring has two coils on one side and one coil on the other of the stub of the integral pin,  and an arched chord below. The pin is shorter than the bow of the brooch and tapers to a sharp point. At the top of the wings is remnant of a small headloop. The D-sectioned bow projects from the bottom of the wings and tap…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-FDBE0A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A developed T-shape type. The wings are cylindrical and the ends are decorated with a single vertical groove at the front of each end and a diagonal groove from the lower part of the wing to the top of the bow on each side. The wings house the axis bar for the missing pin. The head of the bow arches forwards from centre of the wings before dropping downwards and tapering to the break. The bow is a shallow D-shape in cross section. The centre of the bow has a wide ridge and the flanking sides are lower. The head is dec…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-EE45B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and broken copper alloy bow brooch. It is in two pieces following a recent break and terminates in an older break. Part of the bow and most of the pin are missing. A plate-headed T-shaped brooch. The wings are tubular with and oval cross section and house the iron axis bar. There is a notch between them at the rear where the remanant of the copper alloy pin is attached. Projecting from the upper edge of the wings is the remnant of a rectangular heatplate decorated on the front with transverse ridges.The bow drops downwards from the front of the wings a…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-ED8FB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch. The frame only remains, the pin is missing. The frame thin and oval with an oval cross section. It is decorated with moulded diagonal grooves all over the front face, the rear is undecorated. THere is a narrow oconstriction in the middle of one of the long sides where the missing pin was attached. Date: Medieval c. 1200-1500 Dimensions: 29.96 mm x 26.3 mm x 2.04 mm Frame width 2.47 mm Weight: 1.94 g g
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-2353FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch. A T-shaped brooch. Only the shaft of the pin is mising. The wings are cylindrical with open ends. The house the copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin mechanism. The head of a thick, rectangular cross sectioned pin remains attached to the bar in a notch at the rear of the wings. The rear of the wings is decorated with inward angled verical grooves on both sides, imitative of a coiled spring.  The fronts of the wings are decorted with deep ring-and-dot style recesses (these may have originally contained enamel), two on each wing with an incised frami…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-0B1982
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy bow brooch, possibly part of a T-shaped type. All that remains is a short section of bow, broken at either end. One end is V-shaped in cross section, the other is D-shaped. There is an expanded, triangular knop in the middle which has a recess for enamel (also triangular). There is an incised line frame around the empty recess. Date: Roman - c.60 - 160 AD Dimensions: 17.96 mm x 8.83 mm x 3.02 mm Weight: 1.37 g This is probably part of a brooch similar to DOR-C26A4B. Similar brooches are recorded in Hattatt, R, 2000 A Visual Catalogue…
Created on: Sunday 25th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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