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Description: | A copper-alloy fragment of the frame and attached in situ copper-alloy pin of a medieval, circa 14th century brooch. The frame fragment is curvilinear and the frame appears to have been circular in shape when complete. The surviving fragment measures 23.5mm in length and 4.2mm in width, it is flat and rectangular in section.
The frame as one surviving integral collet, which is cylindrical in shape and has the remains of a blue coloured glass setting within it. This collet is behind the drilled pin hole.
There is also another cylindrical projection, which is not integral but has been pushed through the frame and which has a lozenge shaped decorative sheet around its base, resting on the front face of the frame. This decorative sheet measures 12.9mm by 12.9mm, it is flat and the front face is decorated by an outer beaded border with two more beaded borders within this. The copper-alloy wire pin, attached via an open loop through the pin hole, is complete and tapers to a point. | 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: | 1300
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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