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Description: | A Medieval (probably 1200-1300) silver annular brooch of zoomorphic form, complete with its sheet silver pin. It measures 19.55mm in diameter, is max.3.96mm thick (at the top of the pin) and weighs 1.74g.The frame is D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the underside with moulded decoration to the top. This is in the form of two confronted double-headed animals, with a narrowed bar between two (for the pin) and a strip with a notch between the other two (for the pin to rest).The bodies are decorated with oblique grooves, and alternately on the resulting ribs moulded strips of raised annulets. The heads have a rounded snout behind which are oblique oval eyes and a prominent brow ridge. A V-shaped line of tiny transverse incised lines flanks this, presumably as hair. The ears project backwards and slightly upwards behind, at which point the body extends. The frame is max.1.45mm thick.The sheet silver pin is 2.80mm wide where it curves around the narrowed axis bar, with a thin transverse rib below. It is a little bent and narrows to 1.08mm wide at the end where it is curved slightly upwards with a slightly transverse ridge on the underside.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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