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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular brooch.
The brooch frame is roughly circular with a flattened section, but the edges of the frame have been slightly shapes giving a hexagonal appearance. Six rounded collets have been cast integrally to the brooch (one per angle of the hexagon). The collets have been spaced roughly equally around the edge of the brooch. The settings inside the collets are empty but still contain a white paste (possibly calcium carbonate) which would have held a stone in place. A pin constriction survives between two of the collets. The copper alloy pin is missing. There is a no pin recess on the frame. The metal is a mid greenish-black colour.
A similar brooch can be seen in Egan & Pritchard, p249, Fig: 160. It is therefore medieval in date. | 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
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Liz Walker | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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