|
Date: |
|
Description: | Almost complete copper alloy medieval annular brooch. The brooch frame is circular in plan and lentoid in section. There is a stepped and wasted pin bar, this constriction identifying the object as a brooch rather than buckle. The pin survives to approximately half its length, and is simply curled around the pin bar. The object is very abraded and none of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are mid green. The pin is in a similar condition. The break edge on the pin, though not fresh, is not worn, suggesting damage occurred in the more recent past. Despite the abrasion it is possible to see that the upper face of the frame is decorated with transverse incised lines that run around its entire circumference. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The frame has an external diameter of 28.26mm and is 2.9mm wide and 2.08mm thick. The pin has a surviving length of 13.4mm. The object weighs 2.90g. It dates from the 13th or 14th century. See Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, page 249 for similar examples. | 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 | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Almost complete copper alloy medieval…
-
Brooch
Almost complete copper alloy medieval…
-
BROOCH
Almost complete copper alloy medieval…
-
BROOCH
Almost complete copper alloy medieval…
-
BROOCH
A complete cast copper-alloy annular…
-
BROOCH
Treasure case no: 2009 T320Silver…
-
BROOCH
The brooch is complete (with…
-
BROOCH
Medieval copper-alloy brooch. A ring…
-
BROOCH
Medieval copper-alloy brooch. A ring…
-
BROOCH
Description: A Medieval silver gilt…
|