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Description: | Medieval copper alloy annular brooch, 37mm long and 20mm wide with a depth of 11mm. The object is a ring with a sub-rectangular section. It has two opposed protrusions that are sub circular in section and V shaped in form, projecting outwards and upwards from the outer edge. On this example they are decorated to resemble animal heads much like a stoat or ferret with long snout, rounded ears and small eyes, with incised dot 'fur'. The upper surface of the ring has object has evidence of linear decoration possibly cross hatching. There are areas of wear opposite each other on the ring, possibly from a pin?SWYOR-BA3C73, WMID-CA8CF6 and GLO-41E3A0 which is dated to the thirteenth century. A published brooch with some similarities is number 1335 in "Dress Accessories" by Geoff Egan. This has projections though they are not zoo-morphic in the published example.
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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