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Description: | Treasure report on a medieval silver broochTreasure number: 2012 T668Database number: DEV-9B80B4Date: 13th centuryDescription:A medieval silver gilt brooch with annular frame. Two decorative tapering collets, which angle outwards, are soldered to the frame. One of the collets tapers to an oval opening, the other tapers to a slightly smaller circular opening. The surface of the frame is decorated with a series of non-uniform linear shapes. The underside of the brooch is plain and undecorated. The frame has one constriction, where the pin, still remaining, is looped around at one end. There is no corresponding constriction on the frame for the point of the pin to sit, however, the point is slightly bent upwards at the end so that it rests over the surface of the frame.Discussion:Both collets would presumably have held a setting of precious or semi-precious stone or glass pellets. An example reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (2008 T574) has two collets which still contain a sapphire and a garnet. The linear shapes around the surface of the frame were probably designed to resemble letters. False lettering was a relatively common feature on brooches and other artefacts of this date, relating to the fact that a large number of the population during the medieval period were illiterate. A brooch of similar design can be seen in Egan and Pritchard 'Dress Accessories 1150 - 1450' (Medieval Finds From Excavations In London: 3) p249, number 1309, which was excavated from an archaeological context dated to c.1230 -c. 1260.Dimensions: Length 24mm; Width 24mm; Height of collets c. 5mm.Due to its age and precious metal content, this item would qualify as treasure under the Treasure Act 1997.Danielle WoottonDevon FLO
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