Record ID: LEIC-1BA514
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver Venetian coin re-used as a brooch, 39mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 22.63grams. The coin is a Ducato issued by Ludovic Manin, who was the last Doge of Venice 1789-97. It shows the lion of St Marc on the obverse -DVCATVS VENETVS and St Marc and the Doge on the reverse -S M V LVDOVCVS MANIN D B. The coin has a pin hinge and part of a catchplate attached to the reverse side of the coin.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-8D0723
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver ring brooch, 18mm wide and high, 2mm thick and weighing 1.91grams. The brroch is in the form of an open rectangle with a semi ciruclar section. Its corners are 'cut away', replaced with inward facing crescents, with slightly pointed upper edges. Its surface is undecorated and it has a flat base. The pin is present, sitting in a circular section bar. It has a bevelled edge up to a rectangular collar and it widens out above this before tapering to a point.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-DE5A26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver omega brooch. 36mm long, 34mm wide and 8mm thick. The brooch weighs 16.9 grams and has a good silver patina, but needs cleaning. The brooch is pennanular in form, turning back on itself to form terminals. At this point it is circular in section and has barrel shaped terminals, 6 mm long and 5 mm in diameter, with three raised grooves. The main body of the brooch has a diamond section. The diamond section is made up of four main raised ridges, with extra ridges in between these on the outer sides. The surface of the brooch is decorated with incised lines, forming a herring …
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B63A36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver gilt annular brooch, The brooch has a semi-circular section and is decorated with eight semi-spherical bosses separated by spacers. Four of the bosses have rouletted decoration. One of these is recessed to hold a pin and the corresponding one has a triangular depression forming a pin rest. The other four bosses have circular settings for stones, two remain, probably garnets in the setting nearest the pin recess. James Robinson dated this item to the Thirteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-55B226
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval? silver? annular brooch, 16mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick and weighing 0.52grams. The brooch is a very small example of its type and has a circular section of uneven thickness. Half of its circumference is covered with a circular sectioned wire which has been twisted around the brooch to form a rope like effect. The other half has a series of transverse nicks cut into one surface. To 'close the circle' each end has been twisted around where teh plain meets the twisted section with the terminals forming what looks like serpents heads? The pin is intact, tapers to a point and has …
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-C5F180
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver annular brooch fragment, 25mm long, 5mm wide and 0.5mm thick with a weight of 0.68g. The object consists of about half a brooch with a partial pin bar, 3mm long and 1.25mm wide, emerging from one end. It has a semi-circular form and a rectangular cross section. It is decorated on one surface with an outer rope like border, made up of diagonal incisions. Beyond this is an incised border which runs along to the edge housing the pin bar and continues down that straight edge and around the inner edge. The central area in inscribed with the following letters AVER(P?)OAV …
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-E76E71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver gilt annular brooch, 20mm in diameter and 2mm wide and thick with a weight of 1.56grams. the brooch is complete and is composed of a circular loop which has a circular cross section. It has a tapering pin which is attached by an integral loop, wrapped around a small recess on the brooches surface. One half of the brooch is decorated, starting from the pin recess. This has a rectangular cross sectioned and has been twisted, forming a cable effect. Each surface of this section is decorated with a row of small circular stamps. The whole of the brooch has been gilded, but …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-11F389
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver annular brooch , 24mm in diameter 2mm thick and weighing 2.66grams. The brooch is complete and consists of a plain circular band with a trapezoidal cross section. Its upper surface has a narrow flat inner section which then drops downwards and outwards to a flat base. The pin is held with a recessed bar which sits between two raised collars, running across the band. The pin is complete and is plain with a bevelled upper edge, giving it a sub-rectangular cross section. It tapers to a point which rests on the upper surface of the brooch. The brooch is almost identi…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-06D25B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver brooch, 8mm long, 8mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 0.47grams. The brooch is an openwork rectangle with a rectangular cross section and has a recessed hinged pin in one corner. Its upper surface is decorated with transverse linear depressions on three sides and diagonal ones forming a zig zag on the fourth. The pin has a raised collar and is circular in cross section and tapers to a point. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Monday 9th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-0B0B5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver gilt Polden hill bow brooch, 31mm long (high) 32mm wide and 7mm thick (at the top of the bow) with a weight of 17.03grams. The brooch consists of circular cross sectioned openwork wings which contain a spring of 14 coils. The upper surface of each wing is decorated with a mirrored raised motif. Each one consists of Each one consists of two back to back motifs consisting of an inner semi-circular edge, with a central circular depression surrounded by a raised border with a further circular depression outside this. The depression sits in the centre of a V shaped outer edg…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-0D64BF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver gilt annular brooch fragment, 21mm long, 5mm wide and thick and weighing 1.61grams. The object forms about a third of the brooch, which has a D shaped cross section and is curved. It has a flat, slightly concave, underside with a slightly projecting crimped? edge. Its rounded upper surface is decorated with alternate raised oval collets filled with white fixing paste and rounded projections decorated all over with circular overlapping stamps. At one end the brooch is intact and houses part of a narrow rectangular projection, which would have housed the pin. The f…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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