Record ID: SWYOR-09ACD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch frame is hexagonal and has six forward projecting conical collets. The frame is shaped to the collets. The collets are equally spaced and integral. The settings are empty but still contain a white paste (possibly calcium carbonate) which would have held a stone in place. A pin constriction survives between two of the collets but the pin is missing. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour, suggesting a white metal coating. A similar brooch can be seen in Egan & Pritchard, p249, Fig: 160. Compare also YORYM-1924C6, NM…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-EA5444
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Dolphin type, dating from AD43-65. Both bow and wings are plain except for a narrow transverse groove at the end of each wing and a further narrow groove down each side of the bow. The wings are cylindrical, with a seam running along the back. A copper alloy axis bar is held in the wings, and there is a slot for the hinged pin, which is missing. There is no foot, the bow just tapering to a point. The catch plate survives. The brooch has a dark green patina. It is 34.5mm long, 21.4mm wide and 14.5mm thick. It weighs 5.87gm. A similar brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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