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Description: | A brooch or buckle of annular form, comprising a closed bronze ring of rod 3mm breadth and 2mm thickness, now ovate, its diameter varying between 31 and 36mm. Although the irregularities of the ring suggest that it may have been hammered from rod, the absence of any evident junction of the two ends in the circuit may indicate that it was in reality cast. The pin is of bronze of a different and darker colour, and of a different quality of manufacture. The loop around the brooch or buckle frame is neatly formed like a shepherd's crook, being 10mm diameter with a piercing of 5mm, and 2mm in thickness. The pin proceeds asymmetrically from its loop, and on the upper or outer side (presumably forming the front of the brooch or buckle) there is a small ornamental ridge, before the pin resolves into a shaft of 3mm gauge, which it maintains over 24.5mm, the tip being broken off. This length is sufficient to serve across the narrower dimension of the oval frame, but not quite sufficient for the longer dimension. This object, which has a burnished surface and a slightly home-made appearance, is possibly a composite in which the pin has been reused from some older buckle. It is likely to be late Mediaeval or early post-mediaeval in date. The pin is broken midway down the shank. For a closely similar example found near Chelmsford, also with shouldered pin, see the Cuddeford reference below. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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