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Description: | A cast copper-alloy so-called disc-on-pin brooch of Medieval date. It is missing most of the loop and any central setting it may originally have had due to old breaks. The pin is oval shaped in section with the remains of the curved hook at one end and a rounded point at the other. It is interrupted by an integrally cast oval shaped plate. This has a deep oval shaped setting at the centre surrounded by a ridge that separated the setting from a broad concave outer band. This is heavily encrusted but appears to be decorated with numerous short transverse grooves as well as gilding. The edge of the plate has a raised border and there are traces of gilding on all exterior surfaces. The back face is flat and also has traces of gilding. This brooch measures 33.50mm in length (17.61mm in length at disc), 17.50mm in width at disc, 2.98mm in thickness, and weighs 5.43g. This form of Medieval brooch, termed disc-on-pin, is not yet fully understood as an object class. Several examples have been recorded through the PAS database and they are typically interpreted as being Medieval in date but perhaps extending as late as the 16th century AD (see for example SF6147, NMS-B89364, NMS-604812 or LVPL-E7A655). This example is of probable 13th-16th century AD date.
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