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Description: | A copper-alloy open-frame brooch, dating from the Medieval period.The frame is broadly oval in plan and of flat section. Halfway down each side is a circular collet flanked by a pair of basal grooves. Both of these collets are empty, revealing in each a circular perforation in the frame. The collets interrupt two parallel lines of zigzag grooves that extend around the upper surface of the frame. The pin is missing but would originally have been attached at a constriction, which is located at the apex of the frame.Length: 37.1mm; width: 28.7mm; height/thickness: 2.7mm. Weight: 2.81g.Several open-frame brooches with collets were found at Meols, Merseyside (Egan, in Griffiths et al 2007: 144/Pl. 25, cf. no. 1728) and in London, where their contexts ranged in date from the early 13th to late 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 249-255). 'Rocker arm' decoration is also a typical feature of metalwork of this period and several strap-ends found in London had been embellished in this manner (ibid. Fig. 93, no. 670 and Fig. 87, no. 616).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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