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Description: | Medieval annular brooch (diameter 22mm, 2mm thick), D-sectioned, two opposed moulded stylised animal-heads on the face of the frame, both facing clockwise, between the heads on one side a constriction retains a fragment of a D-sectioned copper alloy pin. Cf. more elaborate brooches employing animal heads in a similar manner, from Fransham (HER 24783, NMS-7353C6) and Morley (HER 51542, NMS-6B5266), the former discussed and illustrated in Ashley (2006), pp.106-7, fig.1, no.7, and the latter discussed and illustrated in Ashley (forthcoming) 'Anglo-Norman Elite Objects from Castle and Countryside' in J. Davies and A. Riley (eds.) Castles in the Anglo-Norman World. 12th-early 13th century.
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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