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Description: | Description: A complete silver annular brooch with in situ silver pin and traces of gilding on both faces. The frame is circular in shape and has a rectangular pin constriction around which the pin is attached via an open loop. The pin has a rounded front face with a transverse ridge where the loop joins the shaft and tapers to a point. One half of the frame is rectangular in cross-section and its front face is decorated with two rows of tiny annulets either side of a central incised zigzag line. The other half of the frame is D-shaped in cross-section and has three evenly spaced projecting collets, which are triangular in cross-section and oval in plan, there are smaller rounded knops between them. In the centre of each of the collets is an oval shaped bezel containing a small protruding pink gem, these gems are most likely to be garnet. Discussion: This brooch is most likely to be 13th or early 14th century in date and its differing decoration on either side of the frame is unusual. Dimensions: 15.04mm in external diameter and 10.51mm in internal diameter, 1.37g in weight. The precious metal content of this brooch fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %. | 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: | 1200
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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