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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy annular buckle or brooch of 13th to 14th century date. The object has a plain, circular frame which is oval in section. There is no decoration on either face of the frame and there is no constriction for the pin. The pin has also been cast with a complete loop around the frame. It is rectangular in section with a large square collar near the loop and is incomplete, measuring 22.4mm in length and ending in an old break. There is a clean break in the frame, possibly explaining how the pin was attached.The frame has a diameter of 29.6mm and is 3.15mm thick. With the pin it weighs 6.12g. Egan & Pritchard (1991, p 64-5) noted the difficulty of distinguishing plain annular brooches from buckles and decided to use the presence of a pin constriction on the frame to identify a brooch, categorising this example as a buckle.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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