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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-D1D6C0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Medieval brooch. It has a plan-convex, annular frame 19.4mm in external diameter, 14.45mm internal diameter, with a constriction around which the pin is folded. the pin is formed from sheet copper alloy, and terminates with a point. The frame has decorative elements on opposite sides, equidistant from the pin constriction. One of these is an upright collet, angled outwards and containing a whitish substance, which may be solder for fixing a stone or glass gem. The other is a protrusion, 7.65mm in length, oval-shaped and also plano-convex, and decorated with a longitudinal groove, flanked by three short transverse grooves. The brooch measures 31.34mm in overal length, 19.4m in width and weighs 2.49g.
A similar brooch from medieval London is ilustrated in Egan and Pritchard 1991, no.1335. It is described as 'quite a common type of brooch', some examples of which have developed the protrusion into a pair of clasped hands holding a jewel. It is probably of fourteenth century date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.34 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th October 2010
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | p254, no.1135 |
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