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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. It is complete with the exception of three of the applied glass 'gems' that are missing due to old breaks. The frame is flat, octagonal in plan and shows no surviving trace of decoration on either front or back faces. On the front face of the frame are four integrally cast and evenly spaced collets placed at the corners of the octagon, which are cylindrical in shape and project outwards from the frame. One is complete and contains an applied dark blue glass or paste 'gem', a second has traces of the 'gem', and the final two collects simply have the remains of a white substance/paste (possibly a calcite) that would have held the now missing 'gems' in place. Interspersed evenly between the collets are four smaller and seprately cast collets. These consist of a small, flat lozenge shaped plate decorated with a pelleted border and with a central globular collet or knop. The integral cylindrical copper alloy rivets holding these additional collets in place are visible on the back face of the frame. On the inner edge of the frame at the base of the complete integral collet the frame swells slightly and has a small circular perforation that holds in place the pin. The pin itself is formed from a single piece of copper alloy wire that is oval shaped in section and folded around the pin hole. This extends across the frame, but there is no clear pin slot on the opposite edge. The brooch measures 38.74mm in external diameter/width, 24.95mm in internal diameter/width, 1.90mm in thickness at frame, 8.17mm in height at collets, and weighs 12.37g. A similar, but smaller, brooch is published by Margeson (1993: no. 58), who notes that elaborate annular brooches such as this set with glass or paste 'gems' and in imitation of silver and gold prototypes are found particularly during the 13th and 14th centuries AD (c.1270-1400). Parallels are also noted on the PAS database, particularly in examples from Glamorgan (NMGW-87E9B1), Yorkshire (YORYM-AFCB75 and SWYOR-35F0B1) and the Isle of Wight (IOW-29FE21). These all suggest a probable date range in the 13th-14th centuries for the current example.
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