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Description: | A cast copper-alloy brooch of Medieval date. It has an openwork lozenge shaped frame that is flat and rectangular in section. At one corner there is a rectangular constriction around which hinges a separately cast copper-alloy pin that is rectangular in form and section with raised collar at hinge end and incomplete looped terminal. The front face of the brooch has incised decoration comprising an uneven border and foliate(?) motifs of uncertain form. The back face also carries incised decoration formed from a simple single, continuous wavy line. Thsi brooch measures 34.08mm in length, 34.34mm in width, 2.14mm in thickness and weighs 5.26g. It is of later Medieval date, probably belonging in the 14th to 15th centuries AD.
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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