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Description: | Medieval copper alloy annular brooch with six collets, retaining traces of a white enamel.The brooch is 30.3mm in diameter (internal 21mm) and stands 4.2mm high, from the underside to the top of the collets.There are six collets in total, measuring c.5-6mm in diameter. Four show traces of a white enamel, one of which is in a bad state of decay and appears vitrified.Interspaced with the collets is an area the same size (5-6mm in length) with a pronounced outwards curve on the outside edge, where it is also thicker (2.2mm), sloping down to the inside edge where it is c.1mm thick. This area is filled with raised dots.The pin is intact and D-shaped in section. It curls around a narrowed section of the frame at the middle of a dot-filled area, and the pin rests on one of the dot-filled areas opposite.Weighs 6.52g.14th century in date.
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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