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Description: | A complete, Medieval, cast, copper alloy, small, decorative, annular brooch frame. There are three raised collets cast in one piece with the loop, each containing a white substance which may be the degenerated remains of 'gemstones' or of an adhesive material used to secure the stones. These alternate with three raised knops also cast in one piece, two of which have moulded oblique grooves. There is a pin notch across a similar knop and a small restriction opposite to seat the missing pin. The back surface is flat and plain, although there are two small areas of the white substance from the collets which have come through a small hole through the back. There is some wear, otherwise an attractive dark grey patina. This brooch is likely to date to 1325-1400. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 47-51 no. 10, 26 and 61, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 71 no. 403, Dress Accessories, Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 1150-1450, Geoff Egan & Frances Pritchard, London HMSO, page 249-255 no. 1311, Medieval Catalogue Part 4, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum 2012, page 120-121 no. 4 and Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom, Volume 1, Brian Read, Portculis Publishing 2001, page109-110 no. 805 & 813. The brooch is 21.31mm long, 20.3mm wide, 2.47mm thick, diameter 21.31mm and weighs 1.6g.
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