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Description: | A cast copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date. The brooch is oval with decorative elements to each side: a collet on one side and a protrusion on the other. The slightly angled collet projects outwards from the frame. It features a circular recess containing traces of possible calcium carbonate; the fitting has been lost. The other protrusion is sub-oval and projects outwards from the other side of the frame. It has a deep central groove running along its length. On one side of the frame, at a point half way between the two knops, the frame is constricted for the pin which survives in place. This latter is of cast construction and features a collar below the loop. The pin is slightly bent, the loop is abraded through, and the tip has been blunted. The lower surface of the brooch is flat and plain. The artefact can be paralleled by an example illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 254-55; ref. 1335). It represents a cheap and simple version of a style of brooch which was quite common in the late 13th and early 14th centuries (see also Hattatt 2000, 382; refs. 1334, 1720). The grooved protrusion is taken to be a debased version of a pair of hands clasping a jewel. This brooch now has a patchy green/brown patina with areas of lighter corrosion product.
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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