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Description: | A probable incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch (diameter: 57.5mm; thickness: 5.2mm; weight: 30.16g). A plain and undecorated brooch with a small constriction (length: 6.3mm) along the frame. The pin is now missing. The artefact is slightly worn but in a fair condition with a dark green/ brown patina. Egan & Pritchard state in 'Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from excavations in London c. 1150 - c. 1450', 1991, page 248, that the distinction between plain annular brooches and plain circular-frame buckles is not immediately clear. Plain annular and other open frames in which the pins are attached to a constriction at one point are described as brooches, while those with the pin free to move around the entire circumference of the frame are described as buckles. This example probably dates between to the 13th/ 14th century AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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