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Description: | A medieval copper alloy annular buckle or brooch of 13th to 14th century date. The object has a large circular frame with a faceted oval section and with no constriction for the pin. About half of the upper surface of the frame is decorated with a central, curved groove, while a continuous series of closely packed transverse grooves is visible on the inside of the frame. The pin, which is rectangular in section, is looped around the frame and has a transverse collar. From the collar the pin tapers towards a blunt point. There are very slight traces of gilding on the pin.The frame has a diameter of 39.0mm and is 3.8mm thick. The pin is 39.8mm long. Together they weigh 14.58g.Egan & Pritchard (1991, p.57) 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, for which reason this example has been categorised 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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