File:Annular brooch detail (FindID 708431).jpg

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Annular brooch detail
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2015-03-12 14:40:31
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Annular brooch detail
Description
English: A copper alloy tinned proabably medieval annular brooch with a horned zoomorphic projection dating to the period c. AD 1150 - 1400. The brooch is broadly oval and pointed oval in cross section, the internal edge of the front face is bevelled. There is a recess to hold the attached pin and there is a knotch on the opposite end of the brooch to act as a pin rest. Adjacent to the pin rest the frame is bevelled and tinned on the front and reverse face flanking a composite alloy zoomorphic projection consisting of a expansion of the brooch on the reverse and a riveted seperate applied copper-alloy on the upper face. The projection depictes a horned zoomorphic creature with a central circular rivet. The curved horns, eyes and snout are visible along with transverse ridges which connect to similar ridges on the reverse. The pin survives and tapers to a point, it measures 47.65mm in length and tapers from a width of 4.95mm to 1.5mm. The front face of the pin is bevelled.

The brooch is 60.35mm in length, 46.3mm wide, 3.95mm thick and weighs 25.93 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1150 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 708431
Old ref: WILT-5BB21D
Filename: WILT5BB21Da.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/509027
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/509027/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/708431
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