Record ID: NMGW-6FEE88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the upper bow and head (with a surviving length of 39.5mm, a depth of 19.8mm and a weight of 5.5g). The brooch has broken near the top of the leg, where it has a D-shaped section and appears to have broken through a transverse groove (5.5mm wide and 2.0mm tick). Beneath the break, each side is enhanced with a decorative raised moulding, below which the sides are straight and convergent to the foot. At the centre of the leg is a V-profile groove, which was enhanced …
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDE874
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type, probably originally enamelled and of 2nd century AD date The cast bow brooch is near-complete, missing the pin but is heavily-corroded (with a length of 48.1mm, a depth of 16.5mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing spring was hinged within tubular wings of oval section (5.1mm x 3.8mm and 25.2mm wide). Any decoration on the wings has been lost to corrosion. The head is square (9mm square) and angled upwards to the bow with a central rib, probably truncated. The upper bow is of shallow D-shaped section, with straight near-parallel side…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9998A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment probably from a Trumpet or Trumpet derivative brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch fragment is from a swivelling chain loop (with a surviving length of 20.3mm and a weight of 1.7g) and comprises the wire chain loop with attached frontal plate of disc form. The wire (1.2mm diameter) forms a loop at the apex (7.6mm wide) and is wider at the base (with a surviving width of 17.7mm) to accommodate the spring. The chain-loop is held by a rectangular loop (6.4mm long and 2.0mm wide) on the rear of the disc plate. The fitting (with an ov…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-997E4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2.b1, flat wing ends) and of mid-1st-early 2nd century AD. The brooch in incomplete and fragmentary, missing the pin and catch-plate and broken across the top of the bow (with a length of 50mm, a depth of 16mm and a weight of 11.0g). The spring remains in place and is comparatively wide (at 39.5mm), secured around a copper alloy axis bar between lateral lugs, only one of which now survives. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. The head is of sheet copper alloy and the fr…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DA5BD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 17.12mm and weighs 3.g. The brooch employed a copper alloy spring mechanism, probably secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings are eroded and have a surviving width of 17.99mm. The bow has a width at the head of 8.07mm and is of oval section. No decoration survives on the poorly-preserved surface of the brooch which has recently been coated in a wax.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-DA5116
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 2.b2, sprung pin, flat wing ends type) and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg, with a surviving length of 26.38mm and weighs 9.1g. The spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement and the chord was tensioned by a lug on the head. The wings have a width of 28.82mm. The fronts of the wings were decorated with mouldings, which are now largely eroded. The bow has a width at the head of 8.72mm and has a curved moulding against the head. …
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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