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Description: | A fragment of an annular disc-on-pin brooch of Medieval date (1350-1500), consisting of the 'disc-on-pin' only. It measures 30.87x16.98mm and weighs 2.9g.The plate (disc) of the brooch is lozenge-shaped with four dome-headed copper-alloy rivets to the front, one in each corner. The loop (which is curved back in on itself) would have attached to the main frame of the brooch. The pin, an elongated triangle, extends 8mm from the main body of the plate. The artefact is reddish brown and most of the upper surface gilding is present.A similar object can be found on this database, IOW-13A811, whereupon it is commented 'the artefact type is thought to be later Medieval although work continues on these objects' (see Geake 2005: 346-348). It seems unlikely that these brooches served any real function and they appear to have been purely decorative. A very similar plate occurs on a brooch from Wickham Skeith, Suffolk (SF7957).
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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