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Description: | An incomplete Medieval (1200-1400) copper alloy gilt 'lozenge'-shaped or 'four-sided' annular brooch or perhaps badge, with wear to two of the four possible sewing holes (or rivet holes), and possibly missing a pin (if one was originally present). It measures 28.28x28.01x4.21mm and weighs 3.05g.The frame consists of arms triangular in cross-section, being flat to the underside and with the top edge angled outwards and downwards. At the end of each arm and overlying the join, is a moulded scallop shell with a c.1.5mm diameter piercing at one end (inside the frame). Two opposing piercings have worn through. Equidistant between the shell motifs are four single c.3mm diameter collets, standing 3-4mm in height. A trace of a now white substance is visible inside two neighbouring collets.Gilding survives in the grooved decoration of the shell and on the arms of the frame.David WIlliams, FLO for E.Berks and Surrey, comments "The holes projecting from the inside edge could be rivets for attaching a missing background or central panel, which would perhaps suggest a badge rather than a brooch".
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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