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Description: | Copper alloy brooch. Pressed metal composite brooch comprising a front plate with a thickened border of two swags along each straight side with knops at their ends and with tiny rhomboids along the swags, all in relief; and a low relief four petalled figure with a separate central round setting for a stone (now lost), of diameter c.7mm. The back plate is plainer, though with a central low relief roundel, and there is no remaining indication of how the brooch was attached. Gilding traces appear within, on the back of the display plate. Now crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1875.Length (as found): 30mm, Width: 22.3mm, Thickness (front and back plate, separately measured): c.0.3mm, Weight: 2.63gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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