Record ID: WILT-2A643D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Medieval to Post-Medieval lead alloy heart shaped brooch or mount, probably c. AD 1300-1600. The possible brooch is is heart shaped in plan, with a central longitudinal depression. It is decorated in low relief with a beaded border and with the two lobes of the heart cross hatched, an obliquely angled beaded band runs across the heart. The reverse features a central, longitudinal casting seam, from with project three lugs. These may be the vestigial remains of an attachment method, or simple casting flaws. Dimensions: length: 20.05mm; width: 17.47mm; weight 2.9…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.