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Description: | Medieval lead alloy composite disc brooch with an integral pin. The outer edge of the frame consists of a ring of small pellets. Within this a concave slope rises to a sharp rim before a downward slope on which there are twelve evenly spaced larger pellets around another ring of small pellets. Within this there is a plain inner edge which, through miscasting, is detached for more than half of its circumference. On the reverse there is a square-sectioned integral pin and the stump of some form of catchplate. Beneath the pin a decorated disc, now loose, is considerable larger that the inner edge of the frame. Moulded decoration, from the centre, consists of an octofoil, eight triangles filled with fine cross-hatching, two concentric raised circles, twenty-four pellets in circles, a raised circle and finally a ring of small pellets. A small mount of three conjoined pellets is attached, probably by solder, to the reverse of the frame next to the outer edge. There are slight indications on the opposite edge of the former presence of a second mount. These probably served to secure the decorated disc. Across the centre of the disc a line of three unevenly spaced holes has been driven through from the reverse. One contains a rivet or plug. Their function is unknown. Overal diameter 41-2mm. Diameter of central disc 29mm. Diameter of frame's inner edge 23mm. Thickness at outer edge 3.2mm.No close parallel has been found, although general comparisons can be made with later medieval badges. c.1450 - c.1540.
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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