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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy and gilded annular brooch of Medieval date, probably thirteenth or fourteenth century (AD 1200 - AD 1400). Maximum diameter: 26.1mm; thickness: 5.0mm. Weight: 4.24g.The pin is missing and the bar around which the pin was secured is also missing due to two old abraded breaks. The slightly misshapen frame is circular in plan. At the front it has six evenly spaced knops which rise about 2.8mm above the face of the frame. Each knop is about 6.0mm in length and has a width of about 3.0mm (the same width as the frame). When viewed from the side, each knop is sub-triangular in shape. At the top of each knop there is a small shallow depression that may have contained a decorative material that has not survived. Between each knop, excluding the space which was occupied by the bar, the frame is convex at the front with small intermediate swellings. The rear face of the frame is flat and plain.The brooch is corroded and in poor condition. A decayed buff patina with minute flecks of gilding has survived in places. The gilding is only evident under magnification. Where the patina has not survived the surface of the metal is a dull purple/reddish brown colour or is covered with superficial copper alloy corrosion deposits. The raised features on the front of the frame have been referred to as knops rather than collets as they are solid and not in the form of open cells.
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