text: Record ID: NMGW3290
  Fragment of a cast copper alloy brooch. Only the upper part of the bow, part of the flat plate that forms the head of the brooch and the central lug which accommodated the spring mechanism survive. Most of the surviving part of the bow is decorated with a wide, longitudinal groove which contains two way ridges that skeumorphically imitate stitching. The uppermost part of the bow immediately adjacent to the head of the brooch is decorated with an incised St Andrew's cross motif. There is no surviving trace of enamel. The edges of the flat plate which forms the head of the brooch are los…
  Record ID: NMGW-DEC317
  Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment, probably of 1st or 2nd century AD date, and possibly of Trumpet or T-shaped type. The bow is represented by the lower bow, foot and catch-plate only. The bow has broken at the top of the button, which is of acanthus form and is dished on the reverse. The lower bow is of triangular section, with the catch plate arcing from the base of the button. The foot is moulded.
  Record ID: NMGW-DF5163
  Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is circular and comparatively small with no surviving peripheral lugs, but the suggestion of a single small loop adjacent to the hinge and unusually, no corresponding loop or lug opposite. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The face of the brooch has a plain border before a recessed panel containing a motif composed of alternating enamel and glass paste cells. The enamel is a bright orange, while the glass paste is in a millefiori square motif consisting of a blue/white …
  Record ID: NMGW-A5ABB6
  Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.a2, sprung pin, enamelled panel on upper bow, flat wing ends type). Also sharing characteristics of T-shaped and Wroxeter Types and probably dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing only the spring and pin. The spring was secured by means of a Polden Hill claw type mechanism and iron axis bar. The wings are plain except for expanded ends. The top of the brooch is flat with a sharp downturn, resembling some T-shaped brooches. The upper bow is of rectangular cros…
  Record ID: NMGW-A5E486
  Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, flat wing ends type). Late 1st-early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing only the pin and the catch-plate, but has suffered from extensive corrosion damage and distortion. The brooch has a spring mechanism, secured by a Polden Hill claw type device. The wings appear to have had moulded decoration, which is no longer discernible. The upper bow has a deep D-shaped section and is decorated with a long V-shaped moulding crowned with punched marks. Below the moulding is a …
  Record ID: NMGW-D8B956
  Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg and has a surviving length of 24.82mm and weighs 5.3g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, secured around a copper alloy axis bar set within tubular wings. The wings have a width of 27.77mm and are decorated with a pair of vertical grooves near the terminals. The bow has a width of 14.84mm at the head and is convex across its width and is hollow on the rear. The sides are straight and converge towards the leg. The edges of the bow have a raised border or flange. The bo…
  Record ID: NMGW-6600C7
  Roman cast copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the 2nd century AD. The pin on the brooch has lost its end, but otherwise the brooch is in very good condition. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The outside rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is wide (6.5mm) with a central ridge, and is slightly concave on either side of the ridge. The inner edge of the felloe also has a raised rim, but is smaller than the outer rim. The brooch has four arms of sub triangular to recta…
  Record ID: NMGW-EFAFA3
  Copper alloy bow brooch of Middle Iron Age date, of La Téne I and Hull's Type 1A and dating from c. 400 – 300BC. The brooch is near complete, missing only c. 30mm from the end of the pin. The brooch has a wide spring with an external diameter of between 18.5 and 19.0mm. The spring has an external chord made with wire of 2.2mm diameter and loops twice either side of the bow. The bow is curved and is of near circular (with a flat back) section and has a diameter of 6.9mm. The bow is decorated with ribbed decoration on each side and has a central panel with fine incised decoration co…