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Description: | Copper alloy and glass, gildedBrooch. Cast annular brooch, comprising eight cylindrical collets equidistantly spaced around a moulded and beaded ring of plano-convex section. Each collet contains degraded matter, now stained green by contact with copper alloy. A cast copper alloy pin is looped around a constriction in the band. Small patches of relict gilding on some collets suggest that the display face was gilded. A dark colour may arise from the recent treatment of the object with oil. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300.Diameter: 30.2mm, Band Width: 5.6mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 11.46gms.
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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