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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-5EAB75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy champlevé enamelled circular brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1000. Weetch Type 21.
The brooch comprises a central circular panel with a wide recessed rim. The majority of the rim is lost to worn breaks, approximately one third remains. The central panel depicts a bird holding a branch on a champlevé background. Traces of both red and blue enamel are retained within the recessed portions.
The remaining portion of the rim has a beaded outer border with raised curvilinear designs. Two circular perforations are also retained. These are not a common feature of such objects and may suggest the reuse or modification of the brooch.
The reverse of the brooch is recessed corresponding to the central panel though otherwise flat and undecorated.
The metal has a light green patina is in fair condition. The brooch is 34.2mm long, 29.9mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 10g.
Ten Harkel, Weetch & Sainsbury (2016) state that 'only four brooches of this type are currently known, three of which were found in England, with a fourth from France.'
Ref: Ten Harkel, Letty & Weetch, Rosie & Sainsbury, Victoria. (2016). An Early Medieval Polychrome-Enamelled Brooch from Flaxengate, Lincoln: Continental Fashions in an Anglo-Scandinavian Town. Medieval Archaeology. 60. 57-71. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00766097.2016.1147786
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch
Class: Weetch Type 21
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: East Riding of Yorkshire Museum Service; Treasure House
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.2 mm
Width: 29.9 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 10 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05935
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Thwing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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