Record ID: NMS-859CDC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, delicate and heavily abraded medieval copper-alloy annular brooch frame. It is oval, near-circular, flat on the reverse and has low-relief zoomorphic moulding on the front. Traces of gilding survive in the depressions on the front and on the reverse of the pin constriction. The pin constriction survives well. It is plano-convex in cross-section with a rib or collar at each end. Immediately outside of these collars, an animal head is depicted on both sides with its snout abutting the collar, perhaps biting it. One has a small circular pit filled with a black material, which …
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 15th July 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-724327
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver annular brooch. The brooch is circular although the frame is now distorted into a sub-oval shape.It is formed of silver wire wrapped around a central silver wire frame, in very detailed and elaborate form which creates a box shaped profile. Some three quarters of this wrapped wire decoration remains, the rest of the frame consists only of the central wire. The pin is intact although no longer closes because of the distortion to the brooch, is it an elongated triangular shape and is attached by wrapping around the frame: at this point the frame is not…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoff', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-2ED641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch with a flat, circular frame of 14.5mm diameter and 1mm thick. The frame is decorated with punched rectangles, each containing a group of four or five small raised pellets. There is a constriction to accommodate the flat and tapering copper alloy pin, which is retained.
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-1E599A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1450). The brooch is comprised of a thin frame in a hectagonal shape with a D-shaped section. A small constriction accommodates a separately attached pin that is wound once around the constriction and rests on the opposite end. The frame is undecorated and has grey / green patina. Dimensions: Length 22.3mm; width 22.6mm; thickness 1.1mm; weight 1.2g Similarly formed brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritachard (1991: 258) see no.1346 that is from a context dating to c.AD 1350-1400.
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-1AD7B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval annular brooch with collets dating c.AD 1250-1400. The frame is circular with a central circular aperture and six integral, evenly spaced raised collets, the upper surface of the frame between is convex and slightly domed. The collets are circular and measure 7.7mm high and 7.5mm diameter at the base. Two are full of a white/cream paste and traces survive in the remainder. Where visible, the internal surfaces of each collet tapers to a point. Between two collets the frame is pierced with a bevelled hole through which the wrap-aro…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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Record ID: SF-DE26ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an annular copper-alloy medieval brooch. It is decorated with four raised collets projecting at equal intervals around the outer face of the fragment. The collets are angled slightly outwards; the settings have been lost and three out of the four collets retain traces of silver-gold paste or fixative within the mount. The pin fixings are not present on the fragment.  The use of collets likely dates the brooch to the 13th century (Alexander and Binski 1987). Length: 27.02mm, taken at the widest surviving point; Width (of …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DD30F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, about AD 1250 - 1400. The brooch frame is hexagonal and has six forward projecting domed knops. Two of these knops are large and opposite each other, with the remaining four being smaller. They are all brambled. The frame is shaped to join the knops, which are evenly spaced around the frame. A pin survives, cut from sheet copper alloy, but it is bent. It is looped round the frame between two of the smaller lobes. The brooch has a brown patina and the reverse is flat. The brooch is 20.0mmmm diameter, 4.33mm thick and 2.62g. …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Sunday 23rd July 2023
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Record ID: WMID-A01B17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy annular brooch or possible buckle, dating to 1350-1400 AD. The brooch consists of a circular frame which is 2.35mm in width, and is circular in cross section. The frame is bevelled on the inside. There is a recess in hoop where the pin would have sat, now missing. There is the remains of iron staining on the two points of the frame, where the pin once sat. There is no decoration, and the brooch has a light green patina. The brooch is 16.23mm in diameter, 2.42mm thick, and weighs 1.26g. It is similar to one in Egan and Pritchard 1991, page 249…
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rous Lench', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9DDF35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T522. An incomplete, medieval, cast, silver-gilt annular brooch dating to the 13th to 14th centuries AD. Only about half of the object has survived. The ends are truncated and the patina indicates an old break. The annular frame is plano-convex with a slightly rounded convex decorated side and a constriction for a missing pin. It has three evenly spaced circular projections along the surviving piece, collets, with a hollowed top, two of which contain a pink/light red gemstone. Between each collet is a repeating motif of a raised l…
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Surfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-078E48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy brooch 13th century brooch. The brooch has a sub-oval frame the has been formed from two opposing animals (probably lions) each with a single arm upraised and joined together to complete the frame at the upper edge, the other arm is held across the body. The bottom of the loop is completed with a single outstretch hindleg, the other leg is not visible. The digits on the paws is shown as simple striations and is visible on both the upper and lower legs. Both heads are oval and look forward with oval eyes, pellet pupils. There is also a slot for the mouth plus each …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2023
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Record ID: DUR-C8BD45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cooper alloy and gilt annular brooch, of the medieval period, dating from c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch has a circular frame and a pin, complete and in situ.  The frame has a convex upper surface with a slightly flattened outer flange and a flat reverse.  A constriction in the frame, approximately 2.3mm wide at the perimeter, holds the fixed end of the pin in place.  The pin is formed of copper alloy and has a D-shaped cross-section with the convex surface uppermost. Its fixed end is wrapped around the constriction in the frame and it tapers at its free end…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4FE811
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Silver pin from a medieval annular (or framed) brooch. The top of the round-sectioned wire shaft has been worked into a D-shaped cross-section and curled backwards to form a loop. Below this a globular boss or collar is decorated, only on the front, with a group of nine closely spaced punched annulets; this decorative technique is often known as 'brambling'. The lower end of the shaft tapers to a point, before which a slight concavity on the underside would have fitted over the frame.  Dimensions: Weight 1.34g. Length 3…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: BERK-33D819
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch is circular in plan and undecorated on both sides. It is rectangular in section. The pin is in place and held by a restriction on the edge. The pin is rectangular in plan and section.
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-26FE77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic annular brooch, 31mm in length. The remaining portion of the frame comprises an oval lobe drilled for a pin which is held by flanking beast heads. The drilled pin hole at the centre retains a copper alloy pin. Each flanking head faces the pin articulation and has a ridged collar at the neck, moulded brows and snout and blind drilled holes representing gaping jaws. The narrow necks extending back from each head would have extended into a circular frame with plano convex section. Both end in old breaks.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: ESS-D041FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A frgament of a cast copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date (c.1300-1400). Description: The fragment is a section of the frame of the brooch, composed of two collets between which is a projecting plate which splits into two open mouths and which isdecorated with two rows of three dots separated by a groove. The collets are tubular and project at an approximate 45 degree angle. They have lost their settings but retain a white adhesive material. The reverse of the brooch has traces of gilding. The remaining suface has a dark green mottled patina.…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: LIN-B654C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval, cast, copper alloy annular brooch dating to the 13th to 14th centuries AD. The annular frame is plano-convex with a slightly rounded convex decorated side and a constriction for a missing pin. It has seven evenly spaced circular projections, collets, each with a hollowed top, five of which contain cream or pale yellow paste. Diameter: 28.13 mm; Thickness: 2.99 mm; Weight: 3.76g
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pickworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B62774
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T455. Description:  A complete silver-gilt annular brooch of medieval date, c.AD 1200 – 1400. The frame is circular with a rectangular section and a constriction for the pin. A triangular pin remains looped around the frame by a rectangular sectioned closed loop. The shaft of the pin has a tapering rectangular section and an expanded collar is present at the junction between the loop and the shaft. The collar bears transverse groove decoration. The front surface of the frame is decorated with a rocker arm design. The reverse is flat and undecorated…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B5CACB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy medieval annular figurative brooch. The frame is moulded into a depiction of a male figure standing on the left, with a beast on the right which is most likely a dragon. The figure's left arm is outstretched to form a bar for a copper alloy wire pin, which remains in place, and joins to the head of the beast. The feet of the figure merge into the end of the beast's tail which curves up and around to the left on the lower edge of the frame. Moulded facial details on the figure and depictions of eyes and scales on the beast are visible.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-A4A633
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy heart-shaped ring brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is flat in section and heart-shaped in plan.The pin rest is indicated by two small spikes and a narrowed bar at the 'centre top' of the heart. The front of the frame is decorated with incised line features. An incised groove extends around the centre of the frames upper surface dividing the interior and exterior. While the interior is left plain, the exterior is deocrated with many narrow incised grooves radiating towards the frame edge. The reverse of the …
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-3699C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1350). The brooch is circular and flat. The frame is interrupted by a constriction around which is a secured pin. The pin is straight with a pointed end and rest on the frame at the opposite end. The surface is worn but may be decorated with raised lines and pellets. It has a powdery light green patina. Dimensions: Diameter 21mm; thickness 2.2mm; weight 4.12g Similar annular brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 249) which were discovered from excavated contexts dating from AD 1230-1350.
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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