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Description: | Creslow*, Buckinghamshire: 13th century annular brooch (2005 T308)
Date: 13th century
Finder: Mr M. East, whilst searching with a metal detector at event, with landowner permission at Creslow Manor Farm, Whitchurch,Bucks.
Date of find: August 2005
Description: Annular brooch cast in the shape of two confronted dragon-like animals seen in profile with overlapping tails having zoomorphic terminals. The muzzles of the ??dragons?? meet to bite a bar around which the pin is bent. The heads are shown in three-quarter profile, one of the ears silhouetted on the outer border of the brooch, the other in slight relief. The bodies of the animals are crescent-shaped and the texture of the scales rendered with minute pellets arranged in vertical rows. It is possible to read the pattern created by these as flattened wings, ending in a point.
Discussion: The arrangement of face to face dragons recalls the more elaborate silver brooch said to have been found at Bennington, Herts, now in the British Museum (J Alexander and P Binski The Age of Chivalry Art In Plantagenet England 1200-1400, London 1987, p. 483, no. 641)
Dimensions: maximum length: 24 mm; maximum width: 20 mm; weight: 19g.
Metal content: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the brooch conducted at the British Museum indicated that it is made of copper alloy with zinc lead and tin.
Disposition: Not treasure | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Barton, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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