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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy armorial brooch, harness fitting or clasp(?) of Medieval date. The front plate of the object consists of two flat circular discs from which project two curvilinear arms that are triangular in section. The two arms are connected just above the circular discs by an integral oval shaped panel. Above the central panel the arms would originally have turned outwards in a shallow angular curve, however, the left arm has since been bent backwards to join the circular discs and the right is bent at 90 degrees accross the front of the object, probably as a result of damage in the plough soil. The left arm terminates in an incomplete flattened knop with a central circular perforation, which is set at an angle of 90 degrees to the arm itself. In contrast, the right arm flares to a flattened triangular shape terminal, although it is possible that this arm too has lost elements of the terminal end. The back of the object is flattened and has no sign of decoration, contrastingly the exterior surfaces have traces of gilding, particularly on the central oval panel. The entire object measures 43.44mm in width, 43.42mm in height, and weighs 20.18g.
Close parallels for this type of harness fitting are difficult to identify. The two arms would originally have attached to a larger bar, and similar examples with shield shaped fittings have been identified as types of harness brooches, with parallels noted in Griffiths (1989: pp. 1-3, nos. 5-6) and Clark (1995: pp. 70). The clearest parallel is provided by a similar fitting on the PAS database from Herefordshire (HESH-8D5A24), which is regarded as an armorial brooch or harness fitting and dated to the late-13th to 14th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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