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Description: | A worn, incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of medieval date. Of square form with large central circular perforation which is 13.6mm in diameter. This creates a frame through which a smaller circular perforation has been created; the pin (now missing) would have been looped around this hole. Halfway along each side of the square frame is an upstanding collet. These four collets would have held glass paste 'gems' in their hollow tops. All that remains in three of the collets is the adhesive used to hold these gems in place. The obverse is also decorated with heavily indented dots, three between each boss with the exception of the gap which featured the pin hole. There is also a pair of indented lines from the centre of the frame to the outer edge between each collet. The reverse is plain. There are strong similarities with an example illustrated in Hattatt (1985, 223-224; ref. 702) which suggests that this artefact is of a similar date, approximately 1250 - 1300 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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