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Description: | A complete silver annular brooch, which appears to have been cut from sheet silver. The frame of this brooch is oval in shape, measuring 27mm in external length and 24mm in width. Internally the frame measures 19mm in length and 16mm in width, it was probably originally circular in shape, but is now slightly bent out of shape. The base of the frame flares outwards at about a 45 degree angle from its top. The outer face is decorated with two circumferencial grooves, one near to the top egde and one to the bottom edge. There is a circular pin hole, through which the silver pin remains attached, via a closed loop. The pin is rectangular in shape, measuring 23mm in length and 2mm in width, its front face is slightly rounded, its back face is flat and both faces are decorated with longitudinal grooves. This brooch is medieval and probably dates to between the 12th and 15th centuries. Identified under the Treasure Act at the British Museum. Record updated 19/3/04"
A medieval brooch of a high, domed construction which measures 26mm at its widest point. It is misshapen and badly damaged along its internal diameter. Brooches made of thin sheet silver, such as this, were made in relatively large numbers in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.
The precious metal content of the brooch fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%.
J P Robinson
Curator of Medieval Collections
19th February 2004" | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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