Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.774 A-F, TEMP.02672 and TEMP.02673: 'Four leech shaped bronze brooches, with heavy catches terminating in knobs and three stray knobs and two springs.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board along with idnos 1924.777 A-B, TEMP.02672 and TEMP.02673, with label in Cyril Fox's handwriting which reads: 'Late Halstatt period, leech shaped, from the cemetery at Guibiasco, Bellinzona, North Italy'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
From the Guibiasco cemetery of the Hallstatt period, possibly excavated c. 1900.

Event Date 1900
Author: maa

Context (References)
Ulrich, R. (1914). Die Gräberfelder in der Umgebung von Bellinzona, Kt. Tessin. Band 1: Beschreibender Katalog, Band 2: Tafeln. Zürich.
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.774 A-F, TEMP.02672 and TEMP.02673: 'Found: three leech shaped brooches, three knobbed ends, two springs, one pin, parts of two other brooches.'
Event Date 25/10/2000
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Catalogue card for 1924.774 A-F originally identified that there was one coil spring and two stray knobs. A later amendment to the card sees this crossed out and updated to read two springs and three knobs. During the Stores Move Project (2020-2025), 1924.774 A-F was mounted on a display board, as well as an unidentified pin which is part of one of the springs. These extra objects are not marked with 1924.774 so it is unclear if they are definitely part of this Accession no. Both the pin with coil spring, and knob have been assigned temporary accession numbers, TEMP.02672-02673, but have retained the same information as 1924.774 A-F on their record.
Event Date 21/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Physical description)
Late Hallstatt brooch made of copper alloy. Incorporating a leech-shaped bow, three coiled spring, and long straight catch-plate which terminates with two spheres. Decorated on the catch plate and bow with incised lines. Narrow piece of copper alloy wrapped around the end of the catch plate. The pin is detached and not present.
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2024.5905 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)