brooch;
bow brooch
- Museum number
- 1989,0601.25
- Description
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Copper-alloy solid cast La Tène I bow brooch. Missing pin has broken off and been lost in antiquity. Bilateral four-coil spring with external chord. Reverted foot and small, low arched bow cast as one. The thick bow widens slightly towards the centre and has a slightly uneven striated surface possibly the result of the manufacturing process. Toe is surmounted by a high conical cup which probably once held inlay of some form. Dark, slightly brownish green patina.
- Dimensions
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Length: 40.91 millimetres
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Weight: 11 grammes
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Thickness: 4.61 millimetres
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Width: 13.50 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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Part of a large hoard of copper-alloy artefacts dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Discovered by a metal detectorist, possibly at Batheaston, and dispersed for sale. It is thought that all of the artefacts are from a single, hoard dating to the Iron Age period.
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Conventionally known as the Batheaston hoard, research by Ian Stead suggests that the findspot for this material is in South Wiltshire, probably in the vicinity of Wyelye, although other locations have also been suggested. (See I. M. Stead, 1998, The Salisbury Hoard, pp.121-22).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Acquisition notes
- Lot 220 in Sotheby's sale of Monday May 22nd 1989.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1989,0601.25