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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date (c. AD 1150 - c. AD 1400). Maximum diameter 41.4mm, maximum width 4.3mm and maximum thickness 3.6mm. Weight 9.48g. The pin is missing.The frame is sub-circular in plan but was probably circular when it was manufactured. It has a maximum diameter of 41.4mm. The thickness of the frame is constant but its width varies between 3.9mm and 4.3mm. The frame has a constriction, 7.5mm in length, for the missing pinThe front of the frame has a raised and slightly off-set moulding following the centre of the frame throughout its full circumference The moulding is decorated with cast repetative billet-like features forming "rope-work". There is no evidence for wear around the constriction where the loop of the pin would have made contact or where the pin would have rested on the opposite side of the frame.The brooch is in fair condition and has a patchy mid to dark green patina. There are also small deposits of copper alloy corrosion on each face. No parallel found by the recorder for the decoration on this brooch. A range of annular brooches with circular frames have been recovered from archaeological excavations in London and have been dated between c. 1150 - c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 248-255, figs. 160-163). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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