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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular brooch.
The brooch frame is circular with a flattened section. Six rounded collets have been cast integrally to the brooch. 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 survives intact and in situ. The pin has a circular section and has been looped around the constriction. The pin tapers to a blunted point.
There is a no pin recess on the frame.
The metal is a mid greenish-grey 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
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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