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LON-419331: brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LON-419331

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Copper alloy brooch dating to the post medieval period. Open work brooch cast with a central rosette desing surrounded by open work with six pointed hexagonal forms. The brooch in incomplete.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 35 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 12.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: 4338/26

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Hambleden

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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1 comment

  • Robert Webley wrote @ 12:33:03 on the 12th August 2010.

    This is comparable to HAMP-3DBB72, ESS-CA17C6. I am not certain it is a brooch; perhaps 'mount' would be safer?

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Recording Institution: LON
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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