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Description: | A complete silver gilt brooch roughly circular in shape with a projection from the outer edge in the form of two joined hands. The hands have grooves indicating the fingers and thumbs and are pressed tightly together as if in prayer. The frame has a flat back face and is triangular in section, the front face has inscribed possible letters along the outer edge, which all appear to resemble the letter 'I' the significance of which is unclear, there are two star motifs between these letters, one is opposite the constriction for the pin and the other opposite the clasped hands. The frame has a rectangular pin constriction and the pin, which is also silver gilt, is present, there is a transverse ridge where the open loop meets the shaft and it tapers to a sharp point, which rests on the frame. Dimensions: 19.20mm at widest point, including the clasped hands, by 14.07mm in external size, c9.34mm in internal diameter. 0.93g in weight.This brooch is c 1300-1400 in date and is very similar to other examples, also silver gilt witha sequence of inscribed letters and clasped hands, for example one is known from Kelvedon, Essex, (2007 T71) (Treasure Annual Report 2007, p130, no 274).
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