Record ID: BH-D21D7B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold open-frame brooch, roughly circular in plan, with an intact pin and two opposing, empty, collets. The frame is of oval cross-section and has a constriction, around which the pin loop has been folded. A transverse ridge separates the loop from the pin shaft, the latter of which is of flat section and tapers to a point. The two centrally located collets flank this pin. Each collet, attached to a flattened area of the frame, is cylindrical, has a vertical seam and an upper edge that has been rolled inwards. Width: 17.1 mm; Height/Length: 16.9 mm; Thickness: 4.6 mm. Weight: 1.2…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.