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Description: | A silver gilt inscribed Medieval annular brooch, with only about one third surviving. It dates from AD 1200 -1400. It is D shaped in section and is decorated on both faces. The curved side is zoomorphic. There is a beast's head apparently biting the bar where the pin would have been attached. The snout and eyes are clearly moulded. The ears seem to be very long and are flattened down along the frame of the brooch. The rest of the frame is decorated with chevrons of incised lines. These point away from the animal head, but then change direction, perhaps suggesting that there was another animal head on the missing section, flanking the pin rest as well as the other side of the bar.The other side of the frame is inscribed: "[...]E MARIA [...]". The uprights have double lines, and the A is chevron barred. There is a diagonal double line after the last letter, and the space between the two lines is filled with transverse lines. Immediately following this is the constriction for the pin. The letters are bordered by an engraved line border above and below. The inscription was probably part of Ave Maria Gracia Plena or similar. The brooch is interesting for being decorated on both faces. It was probably reversible. Compare number 1314 on page 250 of Egan and Pritchard (1991) for another reversible brooch dating form the late 13th to 14th century. WILT-F0A3A1 (2013 T151), thought to eb 13th or 14th century in date, is also double sided and carries an inscription with chevron barred As.WILT-378885 (2010 T544) and KENT-9DEC64 ( 2012 T929) have zoomorphic decoration similar to this brooch and are attributed to the 13th century. The brooch is 36mm long, 14.1mm wide and 3.6mm thick. The frame is 6mm wide. 4.88g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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