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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Outer diameter: c. 34.0mm; inner diameter: 23.0mm; thickness: 9.3mm; weight: 12.72g. The thickness of the frame mid-way between the collets is 3.6mm.The frame is misshapen and broken in one place. The pin is missing.The frame is sub-circular in plan but would have been circular prior to becoming misshapen. The front face of the frame has six evenly spaced cylindrical collets which are about 3.3mm in diameter and rise about 5.0mm above the frame. Each collet contains a white substance that is level with the top of the collet. Between each collet the frame is noticeably concave and at each side of the collets there is a small circular depression forming a cell of about 2.0mm in diameter. These cells may have contained a decorative material. However, none has survived and there is no trace of any adhesive material within them either. Mid-way between the collets, on the outer edge, there is a pair of very small projections although some are broken. These may have been decorative rather than functional. Around the outer edge of the frame there is a narrow circumferential groove. The underside of the frame is bevelled on its inner edge.This brooch is mainly corroded and in poor condition. Small areas of a shiny dark green patina are visible on the underside of the frame. Here, the surface has a silvery appearance indicating that the brooch may have been tinned although this is not certain. There are file marks on the underside of the frame although these are barely visible.There are numerous similar brooches with collets recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database and they are generally dated thirteenth to fourteenth century.
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