Record ID: SF-BD607D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a gold early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch or pendant. It is roughly triangular in shape with a curved outer edge and two straight sides where the fragment has broken from the rest of the object. The edge of the curved side is bent upwards towards the outer face and a strip of beaded gold wire is soldered just behind this. The fragment survives in good condition. Dimensions: Length: 16.71mm, width: 10.90mm, thickness: 1.54mm, weight: 0.45g Discussion: Beaded gold wire filigree decoration is most common on early Anglo-Saxon artefacts of the late 6th to …
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2E69DF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2015 T634. A gold medieval rectangular brooch, dating from c. AD 1230-1350. The brooch has four applied quatrefoil mounts at each corner (also in gold), however one mount has been bisected where a constriction in the frame allows the extant gold pin to be mounted. Located centrally on each side of the brooch is an inverted conical collet, also in gold, with each collet containing an unidentified black stone or glass insert. The reverse of the brooch is plain and undecorated. The pin is of simple design, a tapering rod of gold being looped over the brooch frame to secure i…
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-A1014C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pennanular brooch. The panannular frame is 26mm in diameter and 3mm wide. It is decorated with floriate design which appears to have been etched into a wider sheet and then shaped into its current form. The terminals are domed and adorned with filigree (alternate triangles and circles) and topped with a square cut green glass stone which sits atop the dome. the base and green glass have filigree borders. The frame terminals are 7.5mm in diameter and sit 5mm high. The pin is 44mm long and is attached to teh frmae by a rectangular notch allowing the frame to move freely around…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Record ID: IARCH-11754A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold knotenfiblen brooch. Square cross-sectioned bow, decorated with circular swelling at hightest point; perforated catch-plate. Head swells to slight trumpet shape, covering four-coiled spring. 2001,0901.3 Found with chain 2002,0901.5 attached. The pair to 2001,0901.4 but found 100metres apart. L 73.4mm including headloop; H 19.3mm; W of spring 11.3mm
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-8E36BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold knotenfiblen brooch. Square cross-sectioned bow, decorated with circular swelling at hightest point; perforated catch-plate. Head swells to slight trumpet shape, covering four-coiled spring. 2001,0901.4. L 71.9mm including headloop; H 20.2mm; W of spring 9mm
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-DB78A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold brooch. Broad bow with rounded sides and central ridge along spine. Top of bow decorated with two incised lines across top, and curved beaded line along each side down to spring. Four-coiled spring and perforated catch-plate. 2001,0901.6. L 78.4mm; H 17.8mm; W of spring 10.5mm
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-C0D046
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold brooch. Broad bow with rounded sides and cetral ridge along spine. Top of bow decorated with two incised lines across top, and curved beaded line along each side down to spring. Four-coiled spring and perforated catch-plate. 2001,0901.7. L 78mm; H 16.5 mm; W of spring 10.9mm
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: DUR-4A3A73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Medieval lozenge shaped brooch dating from the 13th to 14th century date. The object consists on a lozenge frame which is elliptical in cross-section and undecorated. The pin is secured around the frame with a collared aspect, there is no indication of a recessed bar to accommodate it. The pin runs across the entire length of the frame and has a tapering rectangular form terminating in a pointed tip. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: Unique ID: KENT-2AF116, Unique ID: NARC-0B6A9E
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-0B6A9E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold brooch with a plain thin frame formed into the shape of an asymmetric heart. The brooch is delicate, but complete. The frame is 1.5mm thick and eliptical in cross-section. The pin is present and is secured around the frame at the point where the side of the heart is more accentuated, or outwardly curved, and is narrowed to accomodate it. The collar of the pin is 3.5mm long and is curled around to fit the narrowed frame exactly, It has been soldered to create the impression of a solid tube. The tip of the pin touches the back of the smaller curve of the heart. Dimensions: …
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: LON-8B523A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold annular brooch dating to the 13th or 14th century. This brooch is circular in shape with two clasped hands projecting from the frame. There is a double band of chevron ridges at the junction between the projecting hands and the frame. The hands have an oval gap between them and there is a white coating, possibly an adhesive, between them. There is a constriction to accommodate the pin 90 degrees apart from the clasped hands; if the hands project at 6 o'clock, the constriction is at 3 o'clock. The gold pin is present and is decorated with a double band of ridges at t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-CF88B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold annular brooch dating to the Medieval period. The frame is circular in plan and 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curving front) with two opposed oval collets which taper towards the top, both now empty but once would have contained a cabochon stone. The pin is 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curved front) and is looped around a narrowing in the frame. A flanged transverse ridge is present on the upper face at either side of the narrowing for the pin. A rounded and segmented collar is present just after the loop and the pin tapers in width to the rounded end. The pin rest is …
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: ESS-04A5EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of an applied gold disc from the centre of an early medieval composite disc brooch. The fragment is part of the curved edge of the disc. Around the outer edge is a border of fine gold beaded wire. The flat part of the disc is decorated with tiny annulets of gold beaded wire and the remains of three settings. One is circular with a collar made from gold strip, now flattened, within a border of gold beaded wire. The setting is now empty and the centre is pierced. The second is much damaged and consequently of indeterminate original shape, now appearing sub-trapezoi…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanstead Abbots', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F42931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold annular brooch. Flat-sectioned frame with two opposed oval collets which taper towards the top, one containing a purple cabochon stone, probably amethyst or garnet, the other a blue cabochon, perhaps a sapphire. There is a flanged transverse ridge on the upper face at either side of the narrowing for the cast pin. The pin is D-sectioned, with a half round segmented collar next to the loop. The pin rest is formed from a separate lozengiform plate soldered to the frame and decorated with an engraved star formed from eight radiating grooves. Separate soldered arms spring fr…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-C8B7F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold annular brooch. It comprises a circular frame, now distorted (with a distorted length of 16.0mm, a distorted width of 13.8mm and a weight of 0.8g), and a pin. The frame is of triangular section (0.6mm thick and 1.7mm wide) with a flat undecorated reverse, an inner face and an outer face. The two upper faces are interrupted by two floral devices on opposite sides of the frame, at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. The floral devices comprise a central punched ring between four petals, enhanced with grooves. At 9 o'clock there is a constriction for the pin. The interior side of the frame…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F78ED4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A piece of twisted gold wire forms the circular frame of a Medieval miniature annular brooch (1200-1500). A transverse join is barely visible. The pin is missing. Treasure case no. 2013 T349. The size of this brooch might indicate that it was made for a child. 11.46mm (outer diameter); 9.67mm (inner diameter); 1.08mm (width); 1.16mm (thickness). Weight: 0.39g.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9A4B26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Reference no. 2013 T174: A medieval gold annular-framed brooch with gold pin set within a constriction. On the frame, at a right angle to pin, is a projection in the form of clasped hands. The frame is trangular in cross-section and decorated on the interior face with beading, and on the exterior face with an inscription reading VILVIVILIVLI. This brooch dates to the 13th or 14th century. Length 17mm, width 11mm, thickness 2mm. Weight 1.03g. For similar examples recorded on the PAS database see NMS-7E5746, SUR-A704D2, KENT-984E65 and DENO-1AF752. Two other examples in t…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-73CD11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete Borre-style composite openwork gold lozengiform brooch of the late Anglo-Saxon period, now in four joining pieces, with some distortion and damage to the broken edges and one terminal missing. The front-plate is convex with a sheet back-plate producing a hollow brooch, with slightly concave sides, each corner rounded, with originally four small, circular holes arranged in a central square. Across one terminal on the reverse is an incomplete rectangular gold strip originally folded in the centre and now broken flush with the reverse of the brooch, probably origi…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-07F3C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2013 T156: Medieval Jewellery Fragment (Gold sheet & Cabochon stone) Date: 13th to 15th century (c.1200-1500) Description: A Medieval gold sheet and cabochon gemstone fragment of a larger decorative item, probably a piece of jewellery such as an annular brooch or pendant. The cabochon stone is deep red in colour and may be a garnet, the stone is oval in plan with faint facets, created during polishing, visible on the upper surface; the gold sheet casing prevents full observations on the stone. The gold sheet casing is closely fitted around the stone in the form…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-506491
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval gold annular brooch (1400-1500). Treasure case no. 2013 T72. This brooch is complete. The frame is circular in plan with a width of 5.34mm and is constricted for the pin. The upper face has been engraved to bear a legend and motifs. There are six evenly spaced chevrons and each is cross-hatched within. This design may represent a star. The fields between the chevrons contain letters forming an amatory legend and motifs: b (nothing either side of letter) i (trefoil either side of letter) e (trefoil either side of letter) n (trefoil either side of letter) v (trefo…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton', grid reference and parish protected.