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Description: | Medieval
Annular brooch mid 13th-14th century
Diameter 39mm, height 9mm
The frame has a rhombus cross-section with a slightly round top, there are ten collets that are slightly angled outwards following the angle of the frame. There is whiter paste in each of the collets. Restriction for the pin. The pin is made from cut sheet copper alloy that has a flat underside and a rounded top. The attachment end has been bent down and back on itself to form a loop. The terminal is pointed.
The frame has a dark greenish grey patina, this is its original surface, has evidence of incised lines over much of the surface of the frame showing where it was cleaned and filed after it was cast.
The pin has a light green patina with one small dark patch that is all that remains of the original surface.
Similar examples with the large pronounced collets have been excavated in London and date from the mid 13th century, see Egan and Pritchard, 1991, 257,258. | 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: | 1230
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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