Record ID: NMS-B22B22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Medieval gold annular brooch. The frame is flat on the reverse and bevelled on the front. It exhibits a constriction for the pin and projecting from one side of the frame is a pair of clasped hands. The hands have been made separately and sit in a small notch on the outside of the frame. A small tab projects from the underside of the hands and has been soldered to the back of the frame. Each of the fingers has been defined by an engraved groove. The thumbs are separate, one missing due to an old break. The …
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
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