{ "record": [ { "id": "933562", "old_findID": "YORYM-5EAB75", "uniqueID": "PAS5C35EAB7001509", "objecttype": "BROOCH", "classification": "Weetch Type 21", "subclass": null, "length": "34.2", "height": null, "width": "29.9", "weight": "10", "thickness": "2.6", "diameter": null, "quantity": "1", "otherRef": "YMT : E05935", "curr_loc": "East Riding of Yorkshire Museum Service; Treasure House", "discoveryMethod": "1", "treasureID": null, "broadperiod": "EARLY MEDIEVAL", "numdate1": "800", "numdate2": "1000", "description": "
An incomplete copper-alloy champlevé enamelled circular brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1000. Weetch Type 21.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The reverse of the brooch is recessed corresponding to the central panel though otherwise flat and undecorated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.'<\/p>\r\n\r\n