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Description: | Small medieval silver-gilt annular brooch, now broken into two parts. The surface is decorated with a series of raised pellets. The surface of the reverse is plain and bears traces of gilding. There is a constriction for the pin, but the pin is now missing.The brooch probably dates to circa 14th century.Dimensions: maximum diameter 14 mm; width of frame 2.5 mm. Weight: probably less than one g. but scales would not register.In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Beverley Nenk, Curator of Medieval Collections, 3 February 2014
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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