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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-F3FF85
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy medieval brooch. It is annular, with an external diameter of about 54.25mm. As it has snapped at one point an exact measurement or internal diameter cannot be taken. The frame itself is flat and is 7,59mm in width, and the object weighs 18.03g. There is a narrow pin constriction, but no pin, and on the opposite side of the frame, on the outer edge, is a small decorative triangular protrusion, 9.50mm in length, with a rounded terminal knop. The frame has snapped and been bent back, close to this terminal, at the point where the pin rest would be expected to occur.
The surface is decorated with a simple chevron pattern, and there are traces of gilding on the pin constriction, and on the outer edge of the frame, near the terminal knop.
Although an exact parallel has not been found, this brooch has obvious similarities with the example in Margeson 1993, p16, no. 60.
Class: annular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 7.59 mm
Weight: 18.03 g
Diameter: 54.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Somersham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 16, plate VII, obj no. 60 |
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