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Medieval ring brooch
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The British Museum, Ian Richardson, 2013-11-26 17:09:16
Title
Medieval ring brooch
Description
English: A medieval gold annular (ring) brooch, circular in shape, terminating in two clasped hands. It has two inscribed facets punctuated by colons with a quatrefoil flower at the base and centre right. Reading clockwise from the pin, the letters (on the inner band) are V O : V O and (on the outer band) V O ? : V O L.

The pin is plain with a beaded collar. The clasped hands may once have held a pearl or a gem, now lost. The reverse of the brooch is flat and plain.

Comparable brooches are 2006 T119 and 2007 T389. Similar pieces in public collections are one in the British Museum, P&E 1849,0301.33 dated to late 13th-14th century, and two further examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum, published in Lightbown 'Medieval European Jewellery' (1998), catalogue numbers 13 and 14 date these brooches to the mid-14th century in England and the 14th century in France.

This brooch dates from late 13th century - 14th century.

Dimensions: width 16.45 mm, height 23.55 mm, depth (maximum, at hands) 3.12 mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1275 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1275-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 520983
Old ref: LVPL-83D8B4
Filename: 2012T642rev.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/447924
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/447924/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/520983
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