File:Medieval brooch (FindID 974954).jpg

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Medieval brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-10-14 11:37:37
Title
Medieval brooch
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy medieval annular brooch, dating to AD 1200 - 1300. The brooch consists of a circular frame which is semi circular in cross section, about a quarter of the frame is now missing. The breaks are worn, at one of the breaks the frame has been bent out of place. Projecting upwards from the frame at each end are two bi-conical shaped collets, these contain a white adhesive which originally would have held a setting. There are six collets in total, spaced evenly round the frame. . It has a dark green patina, and measures 30.8mm in length, 25.5mm in width, and weighs 3.25g.

A similar brooch can be seen Griffiths, Philpott, and Egan 2007, page 143, number 1722
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date 1200
date QS:P571,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 974954
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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/1076685
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1076685/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/974954
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Object location51° 43′ 38.64″ N, 0° 49′ 05.3″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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