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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch. The frame has a raised circle on the front with a flatter, slightly irregular rim around the outer edge. On the raised circle are six evenly spaced circular projections, collets, each with a hollowed top containing varying amounts of white paste. Between the collets are flatter sections, sometimes with incised transverse lines marking the joint betweent he collet and flat section. Each flat section has several stamped annulets. There is a circular hole for the pin through one of these flatter sections, the pin has been lost. The reverse has no decoration and the frame starts flat at the outer edge before sloping downwards to the inner edge, creating a concave centre. It measures 22.5mm in diameter, 3.3mm in thickness and weighs 2.52g.Such brooches are dated to the 13th to 14th centuries. A parallel on the PAS database (SUR-3826E1) also contains white paste in the collets, but also has traces of a green glass insert. It is possible that this brooch once has a similar decorative feature in the projections.
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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