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Description: | A copper alloy annular brooch, dating from the medieval period, about AD 1350 - 1450. The front of the frame is bevelled and is decorated with a large number of closely spaced transverse grooves (now worn and faint). There is a copper alloy pin, which remains in place. It was probably cut from thick sheet. It is bent into a loop at one end, and cut to a point at the other. The brooch has a rough, dark green patina. It is 40.1mm in diameter and 7.1mm thick. It weighs 5.82gm.Similar brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard,1991, Dress Accessories 1150 - 1450, numbers 1315 and 1322.As there is no constriction for the pin, it is also possible that this is a buckle, but the decoration and relatively light construction suggest that it is a brooch.
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