Record ID: NMGW-D8FB76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and settings. The frame is circular with an external diameter of 47.3mm (30.3mm internal). The brooch frame comprises a plain outer bevelled edge, leading to the central ring with eight raised collets. The collets are irregular and oval (up to 8.7mm by 6.2mm) and give the brooch a maximum thickness of 7.34mm. All but one of the collets contains a white calcium deposit. Between each collet, the frame is decorated with five rows of punched ring-and-dot decoration. There is some…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-174E11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fine Medieval cast open frame brooch, probably dating to the 13th – 14th century. The brooch frame is composed of an eight-pointed star, each sub-triangular component of which has two perforations. Between each segment is a raised circular collet containing a now white chalky substance. The settings have been analysed using a scanning electron microscope, indicating they are composed of calcium carbonate (M. Davies, pers. comm.). The settings originally would have been domed and the analysis implies that the collets were probably inset with mother of pearl or similar. The pin is of D…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-536DA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from a gilt reversible annular open frame brooch of Late Medieval date, probably 15th or 16th century. The fragment is decorated on both faces. One face contained a legend with the letters G R surviving. The letters are contained within an incised border and separated by hatching. It is possible the legend may have read ‘AVEMARIAGRACIA’. The decoration on the other face is zoned, with one portion displaying a chevron design inside an incised border. The fragment does not have evidence for the pin bar or stops.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6A5408
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Open frame annular brooch, probably of 14th century date. The cast frame incorporates six collets, two each end of the pin and two opposite each other midway along the frame. The collets contained blue and white glass stones, originally domed. The four colleets around the pin alternating between blue and white, and the two frame collets are white. The frame has a ‘D’ shaped profile and is plain, except for where it is expanded at each collet and around each end of the pin housing. The separate pin is attached through a drilled hole in the frame and two of the collets restrict the p…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6A6462
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual open frame brooch of triangular form. The brooch is decorated at each terminal with an animal head, possibly a dog. One side of the frame, ‘the bar’ is slightly bowed (concave) and is slighter than the other arms, it has been thinned at a central point to restrict the movement of the head of the pin (now absent). The other two arms rise gently before a bend returns to the terminal. The ears of the animal head at this terminal would have acted as lobes to restrict movement of the point of the pin.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E72766
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper alloy brooch of Medieval date, probably dating from the 14th century. Reversible brooch with a lozenge shaped frame, decorated on both faces. One face (raised) is decorated with two beaded lines separated by a raised line. The other face (flat) is decorated with a series of sixteen square cells (five along each side). The cells alternate between being plain and containing a quatrefoil or cross design. The frame is wasted at one corner where the pin is secured. The pin head is long to accommodate the frame, and has a square profile. The pin head is presumably of composit…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E888D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval plain annular framed copper alloy brooch, probably of 13th to 15th century date. The presence of a constriction for a pin defines the frame as a brooch rather than a buckle (Egan 1991, 248). The pin has been lost, but the frame is in good condition. The frame is of near-circular section with a slight bevel on the inside edge defining a tear-shaped section. The pin restriction on the frame is narrow (1.5mm) and is 1mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C85725
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch frame of 13th to 14th century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin but the annular frame is complete (with an external diameter of 24.6mm, an internal diameter of 17.0mm and a weight of 5.0g). The frame is sub-circular to oval sectioned (3.5mm wide and 3.3mm - 3.8mm thick) and is enhanced with ribbed decoration. The decoration appears to be confined to two areas either side of a restriction for the missing pin and is present on both faces (for a length of c. 15mm). The remainder of the frame does not appear to have been decorated. The …
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8F31B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy brooch pin The pin is complete (with a length of 34.7mm and a weight of 2.7g) but the frame is not present. The loop is cast and closed (with a width of 7.1mm and an internal diameter of 4.6mm). Beneath the loop is a decorative rib, enhanced with notches. The pin has a collar at the top of the shaft (6.7mm diameter). The shaft appears to have been of sub-lozenge section and is widest near the loop (4.8mm maximum width), gradually narrowing to the tip. The surface is heavily-corroded with a brown-green corrosion. It is difficult to identify a brooch t…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Sunday 18th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B7CE52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch frame, probably of 13th or 14th century date The frame is complete although the surface has been lost. The frame is circular with a diameter of 16.6mm (internal diameter of 11.6mm), a thickness of 1.5mm and weighs 0.7g. The rear of the frame is bevelled and plain. The pin restriction has a width of 2.1mm and the bar has a diameter of 1.7mm. The opposite side of the frame has no notch for the pin. The front of the brooch was decorated with raised delicate ribbing, possibly forming letters to define a legend but now difficult to discern. The brooch frame has poor…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3E2ACD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th to 14th century date The brooch is of annular type and is complete but the pin is distorted (with a weight of 3.5g). The annular frame (with an external diameter of 26.9mm and internal 21.0mm) is of sub-rectangular section, with convex faces (1.7mm - 2.0mm thick and 2.4mm - 3.2mm wide). The frame is decorated on one face with four zones of between six and eight transverse grooves, positioned at regular intervals. The frame is undecorated between the four zones. The rear of the frame is undecorated. There is a constriction for the pin on …
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C55262
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century date The cast brooch has an annular frame (with a dimeter of 18.9mm – 19.7mm and a weight of 1.6g) and is missing the pin. The frame is flat rectangular sectioned (1.9mm thick and 3.3mm wide). There is a constriction to secure the missing pin (2.5mm wide and 0.7mm diameter) with no notch on the opposite side. The frame is decorated on one face with punched rings, some of which are irregularly placed. The reverse face is not decorated. The surface is corroded with a dark-brown patina. Annular brooches of similar f…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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