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Description: | Medieval copper alloy sheet brooch frame missing the pin. The very small brooch is square with a circular hole in the centre. At the centre of one side of the square there is a small circular hole for the pin with wear between the hole and inner circle although this has not broken through. On the front it is decorated with paired straight lines of indented ovals or triangles, leaving raised lines between. One pair of lines runs adjacent to and parallel to the edge of the side with the pin hole and one pair along the opposte side, again next to the edge. two pairs run diagonally across each corner, finishing at the lines running along the edges and meeting in a point on the other two sides. There are a few small tears on the edge of the inner circle and the outer ege of the side opposte the pin hole is slightly irregular. The brooch is 14.7mm long by 14.0mm wide and 0.3mm thick; it weighs 0.24 grams.Square 'annular' brooches are not uncommon (cf SOMDOR-869921, SOM-D151B6 etc) but sheet examples seem rarer, perhaps due to survival as they are very delicate.NMS-1A4B12 on this database is similar and a 14th date is suggested on that record without parallels. Circular sheet brooches of similar form have been dated to the 13th-14th centuries (e.g. HAMP-EA0FF4)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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