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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy annular brooch and pin, probably dating to the Medieval period (c. 1066-1500 AD). The brooch frame consists of a circular body in plan with a triangular section, off-set fixed pin point and has a separate pin. The pin is allowed to rotate at a fixed point on the brooch, which is off-set from the circumference of the brooch; the pin has a round suspension ring, a circular collar and a conical shaft with circular section. There is no pin tip recess or other catchment element to hold the pin in place once fixed on material. Traces of gilded decoration can be seen on the top buckle frame surface, on the suspension ring above the collar of the pin, and around the pin hinge point on the underside of the buckle frame and pin collar. It seems that this gilding emphasized two lightly incised concentric rings on the top surface with some shorter lines connecting the rings. This is now difficult to completely identify. The brooch measures 16.6 mm in diameter, 3.2 mm thick, and weighs 2.92 grams. A more specific date has been difficult to determine.Although there are buckles of this shape during the Medieval period, Egan and Pritchard (1991, p. 248) maintain that annular brooches can be distinguished by their incorporation of a constriction point for the pin which inhibits its movement over the entire circumference of the frame, as was the case with annular buckles of the period.
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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