Record ID: NMGW-F497C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman iron bow brooch, of Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch has corroded and none of the surface detail is now discernible. One of the wings survive, but it is unclear whether the wings terminated with plates (Polden Hill) or remained open (Dolphin). At the top of the head there is a forward facing claw to tension the missing spring. The head projects slightly before the characteristic dolphin shape of the bow. The bow is of circular section and the foot of the bow has the remnants of the corroded catch-plate.
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2003
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-E45BB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper alloy Birdlip brooch (Hattatt 1987, 38; Olivier 1996, 231-2), missing its pin but otherwise complete. Disc head separated from the bow by a broad deep transverse groove. The top of the bow is decorated by two deep V-sectioned longitudinal grooves. Below this a curled wing protrudes from the front of the bow. The lower part of the bow has a raised central moulding which splays outwards at either end. The moulding is decorated by two parallel grooves add there is a groove down each edge of this part of the bow. A perforated lug projects from the middle of the back of the he…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-E4F553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Upper part of a copper alloy Birdlip brooch (Hattatt 1987, 38; Olivier 1996, 231-2). The bow and head meet at a right-angle, the junction decorated by two semi-circular plates, one projecting upwards, the other down. The downward plate joins to the upward curling wing to form a loop. The upper plate is decorated by a central triangular setting, the lower by a semi-circular setting, both of which contain the remains of read enamel. The head is long with a flat underside, giving it a D-shaped section. Slightly waisted it widens to incorporate tubular housing for the axial bar, which is …
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-E5F794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch fragment of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-b., flat wing ends type), and dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head and top of the bow only. The spring is missing, but was secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The surface of the brooch has been lost, and only low ridges hint at the moulded decoration that once decorated the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E61A03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and dating to the late 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch is unlikely to have held enamel, although there are deep cast decorative grooves on the lower bow. The pin is missing, but the spring is present and is made of iron, it was secured by the use of two side lugs. The chain loop has broken at the head. The head is D-shaped and has simple incised decoration. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section with curvilinear incised decoration. The button has eroded and may have been acanthus, or may have been a simpler moulding. The lower bow is …
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E827B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Near complete Roman bow brooch, of Alcester type (Trumpet derivative) and dating to the 1st -2nd century AD. The brooch is comparatively small with a slight bow. The pin and spring mechanism are still present and secured by lateral lugs with an open spring, characteristic of Trumpet-headed variants. The head is domed with the remnants of an integral chain loop. The head is decorated with two horizontal incised lines containing five small raised knops, three of which retain a silvered coating. Beneath t…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-FEB398
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy disc brooch, probably of 2nd century AD date. The brooch face is flat with no lugs around the edge. The rear is also flat, with the catch-plate against one edge and the spring against the other. The catch-plate has a concave inner edge and the spring is open and secured by two and an iron axis bar. The front face is decorated with a series of raised concentric circles containing the remnants of degraded enamel. The outer edge has a raised circle, with an internal repeating scallop border. A second thin raised concentric circle defines another panel containing twenty …
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E40B71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. Probably dating to the late 1st-early 2nd century AD. The brooch is comparatively small and is complete except for the missing end of the pin. The spring is secured by means of a Polden Hill claw type mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar. On both sides a moulding is present at the junction between the bow and the wings. The upper bow has the characteristic 'dolphin' form, and there is no decoration on either the wings or t…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E91298
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type, Group 3.e, flat wing ends, Plate 46). Manufactured Middle Severn Valley. Dating 75-200 AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing one of the wings, the spring gear, the catch-plate and foot. The spring was secured by means of a Polden Hill claw-type mechanism. The wings are plain, except for the expanded terminals and the bow thickens slightly at the junction with the wings. The bow has the 'dolphin' curved profile and has a D-shaped section. Little of the original surface survives o…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E92151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
The upper fragment of a copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, lanceolate motif, flat wing ends type, West Midlands). Polden Hill Type and dating to the 2nd-mid-3rd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head and the incomplete spring. The spring was secured by a Polden Hill claw type mechanism with an iron axis bar. The wings are plain, except for the expanded terminals and are angled slightly to the rear of the brooch. The head widens slightly around the wings. The bow is comparatively slight, with a D-shaped se…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-651BE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Small cast Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. Dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is missing the catch-plate, spring and pin. The spring was secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. There is the suggestion of some moulded decoration around the head, but elsewhere the brooch is plain. The bow has a D-shaped section and bends outwards at the foot, giving the bow an S-shaped profile. The bow has suffered some distortion at the foot, possibly resulting in an exagger…
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8D97F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower bow, the majority of the wings and the spring. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by either a rearward claw or a Polden Hill arrangement, since the wing terminals no longer survive it is now difficult to determine which type of arrangement was used. The head of the bow is comparatively large (12.5x14.5mm) and was decorated with a central raised V-shaped crest, possibly covered in punched marks. The bow has a D-shaped section and emerges…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-8A72F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.k. Plate 48. The brooch is missing only the spring and is distorted along the lower bow. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings are relatively short (19.3mm) and are undecorated except for the expanded terminals. The head is comparatively flat with the bow emerging laterally, as opposed to the usual curved 'dolphin' profile. There are two rounded side knops on the head, with a further thre…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8A8401
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Head and upper bow fragment from a Roman brooch, probably a Dolphin variant of 1st century AD date. The brooch is likely to have employed a spring mechanism, secured in an unusual arrangement with an integral central pierced lug, possibly with a claw or lug on the head to tension the multiple-wound spring. The remnants of the copper alloy axis bar survive either side of the central lug. The wings were open and have lost their terminals making it difficult to determine if they were open-ended or had terminal lugs. The brooch fragment is heavily eroded and little of the surface detail su…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A26065
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment from a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, X.1. Plate 54, no. 13485, dating to the 2nd and 3rd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head and a section (four coils) of the spring. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill lug type arrangement with a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are angled to the rear of the brooch and carried some moulded decoration. The head is wide and flat and is decorated with a slight raised crest, upon which sits…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A284B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped form and dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower bow and the end of the pin. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with tubular wings. The wings are plain and the head has moulded decoration of two raised arcs either side of a central crest, which buts up against four horizontal raised mouldings. The bow beneath the lowest moulding is plain as far as the break and is slender with a deep D-shaped section.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A5E436
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment from a Roman Trumpet brooch. The brooch head is comparatively large and is oval. The rear of the head has the remnants of an iron open spring secured by lateral lugs. No decoration is evident on the head excluding an eroded incised border. The remnant of a chain loop survives with a sunken panel decorated with two rows of irregularly placed punched dots.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A5F133
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lower bow and foot fragment from a Roman bow brooch of indeterminate type. The lower bow has an oval section and was decorated with a raised central rib and decorated with short incised transverse lines. The bow has a gentle curve and tapers to the foot. The eroded remnants of the catch-plate are discernible on the rear of the bow. The curved profile of the fragment suggests a Colchester-derivative brooch, perhaps of Dolphin or Polden Hill type.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A60105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment of uncertain type, but probably an Aesica-variant of the mid to late 1st century AD. The brooch is comparatively substantial for an Aesica brooch. The head, wings and pin are missing. The brooch is represented by the triangular foot below the bow which has barbed extensions at the junction with the foot. There is a high rounded and grooved raised longitudinal rib down the centre of the bow and foot. The outer edges are thicker and have border mouldings. The catch plate is intact at the base of the back.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A62913
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment from a copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative,Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, phase 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.b4, Plate 50. Late 1st-mid 2nd century AD. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, which was secured by a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The spring is present and has three coils either side of the centre. The wings have an oval section, with expanded terminals and an additional raised rib either side of the head. The top of the bow has a flat underside and is decorated with moulded ornament. The lug securing t…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2017
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