Record ID: NMGW-32C1B2
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman bow brooch missing the catch plate and pin. The brooch resembles the Trumpet type, but has a prominent recess between the head and the spring mechanism. The wings do not project beyond the narrow spring mechanism. The spring is secured by being looped around the underside of the mechanism. This brooch type is closest to the ‘Kraftig Profilierte (Strong profiled) brooches described by Hattatt (1985) as having a mainly European distribution and being found mostly on military sites from the 1st century AD. The head of the brooch is rounded and slightly expanded, resembling the Tr…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-53C2B8
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete bow brooch probably of dolphin or Polden Hill type dating to the 1st century AD. The bow is plain along the survivng portion with no decoration or moulding. The bow is reduced to a thin strip at the head, which presumably would have been the spring catch. The wings survive on both ends, but are incomplete. The more complete wing has the beginnings of a collar defined by an incised line. The spring only survives on one side.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0C9025
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Early Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of Hod Hill type, probably dating to the mid 1st century AD. The fragment consists of the leg and base of the upper bow of an unusual Hod hill brooch. The base of the upper bow is splaying out towards the base and terminating in two rectangular domed side knobs. The bow has raised side ridges and a central beaded ridge running vertically up the fragment. The beginning of the leg is defined by a curved moulding. The leg expands slightly towards the foot. The f…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A17B12
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Hod Hill Type bow brooch of 1st Century AD date. The brooch is represented by the lower bow and foot only. The bow had side lugs, one of which survives, positioned at the base of the sub-rectangular panel or ‘button’. The panel was decorated with at least three longitudinal raised ribs and was slightly convex. Beneath the panel is a double moulded collar before the lower bow, which is plain and tapers to ‘leaf’ foot. The remnant of the catch-plate is present and begins beneath the button.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-38CEC7
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete but distorted, missing the catch-plate (with a length of 46.7mm, a distorted length of 64.8mm, depth of 13.7mm, and a weight of 8.4g). The spring is complete but one half is distorted above the head. The spring coils three-times each side of the centre (with a width of 5.7mm and a diameter of 6.5mm) and the chord is tensioned by a rearward facing hook at the head. The spring is positioned behind short rectangular wings (with a width of 13.0mm). The bow is of rounded,…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Friday 31st October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-88E17E
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st - 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin but with a badly distorted bow (With a distorted length of 34.8mm, a straightened length of approximately 69mm, a distorted depth of 18.7mm and a weight of g). The top of the pin survives and is hinged within oval-sectioned tubular wings (6.8mm x 5.2mm and with a width of 31.4mm) with a copper alloy axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical, knurled ribbing in sunken relief, with two ribs on each side of the head. The decoration is bound…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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