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Description: | A cast copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date (c. 14th century AD). The flat frame has a circular opening. An external notch provided the pin constriction. A thick wire pin survives in situ; there is no pin rest (groove). It has a semicircular cross-section with a flat lower surface and tapers to a sharp point. The frame is decorated on its upper surface with a single row of pellets set within a sunken field, probably tooled. The frame is bevelled internally on both surfaces. The circumference is covered in diagonal file marks.The metal has corroded to a dark-grey colour, with some off-white corrosion product. This brooch can be compared with an example from Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, 143; ref. 1700), itself compared with one illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 383; ref. 1713). Similar decorative treatment can be seen on brooches of other form recorded on this database, for example lozengiform (cf. HAMP-E6AAF6) and hexagonal (HAMP-1F68F2); these also have an external notch.
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