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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-E98B76
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy annular brooch. Circular frame, probably of pressed or stamped metal, with paired lugs behind the band and an opposed lug opposite, interpreted as the seat and catch plate stub for a pin, both added as separate components and presumably brazed in place. About twenty-three small [diameter 1.9mm] hemispherical settings are symmetrically distributed around the band, and are interpreted as for paste settings. This contrasts with the provision of collets for inset rounded stones, a more usual medieval provision where an annular band was to be enhanced. The small round form may also imply facetted stones, which again are a post-medieval feature. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850
Diameter: 22.8mm, Band Width: 3.4mm, Band Thickness (clear of pin gear): 1.1mm, Weight: 1.95g.
Class: annular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 3.4 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.95 g
Diameter: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41634
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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