Record ID: WAW-C5B3B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), Mackreth 2011, 5.d1. Plate 50.: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with incomplete, perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a pair of grooves, transverse grooves with ribbing in between. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is a trace of a perforated lug which would have held the chord. The axis bar, spring and pin missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow tapers to a broken edge b…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
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