Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-BE89BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Rosette or Fantail/Rosette  derivative brooch dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (c. 43-200 AD).  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch is a flat plate shaped like a Rosette and has cells for enamel consisting of three concentric circles, each with a raised band, thus enclosing recesses in which there are the remains of enamel. The central recess is now empty and hollow (possibly a variant of Hattatt's 'Keyhole' type Rosette brooch) with a wider band surrounding it. The two outer re…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-E264B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver annular brooch frame. The frame has a circular cross section. The front of the frame has been decorated with frequent transverse incised lines infilled with niello inlay (silver sulphide – turns black). Dimensions: Diameter: 19.2 mm Thickness: 1.3 mm Width: 1.6 mm Weight: 0.6 g Discussion: The size and design of the brooch is consistent with examples found of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century dating. Brooches with similar forms have been found in deposits in London dated c.1270-1350 (e.g. Egan & Pritchard 1991, no. 1314). Exam…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: WMID-7EF0BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman Colchester derivative brooch of Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4.g, flat wing ends type), dating to AD 160-200. The brooch is largely intact although the catchplate is damaged and the pin incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical in plan with pierced wing/end caps intact. The end caps extend slightly beyond the diameter of the wings. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The head has mouldings at either side where the wings extend, which along with the end caps is typical of the Polden Hill type. At the reverse of the …
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-9B9BD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The frame is 39mm in diameter with a circular cross section, 4mm in diameter, and a constriction for a now lost pin. The frame has broken into three fragments. The surface has a complex decorative scheme of crossed strapwork inlaid with nielo and with punched annulets between. The decoration is mostly to one side suggesting that the object is a brooch meant to be worn with the decoration displayed.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 29th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-31BBB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete corroded copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Mackreth type 1.3a2 . The trumpet-shaped head has faint remnants of symmetrical moulded flutes on its upper surface, now badly degraded by corrosion. A flat-sided axially aligned semi-circular loop projects from the back of the head, through which the axis bar of the spring passes, with several of the spring loops remaining coiled bilaterally; but the pin itself is now missing. Just below the shoulder of the bow there is an oval central knob, with two crescentic grooves on its underside, one on its lower upper-face, and single g…
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: LIN-2C9E0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver-gilt small square-headed brooch dating to the 5th-6th century AD. Only the footplate lobe and a small portion of the footplate has survived. The lobe is sub-circular with the outer border decorated with two circumferential rows of stamped triangles, with the points facing each other. This decoration is much worn along one side and the lower aspect. Within this border is a central humanoid en-face Style I head or 'mask', somewhat degenerative. It faces upwards towards the footplate comprising of a semi-circular, rounded brow delineated by two linear groove…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8C4C7D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large and heavy cast copper-alloy Roman brooch, of Hod Hill type. It is missing the head (patinated but not worn break) and some of the catchplate but is otherwise complete. The surviving part of the bow consists of a rectangular panel 23mm long, which tapers slightly downwards from 14mm wide at the top to 10.5mm wide at the bottom. It is decorated with a central vertical line and at least five horizontal or slightly sloping lines to either side (the slope is in a variety of directions). These lines are inlaid in places with a shiny grey material, either decomposed niello or silv…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-834A18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description Annular silver stirrup brooch. The external face of the frame, which is now misshapen, is decorated on one face with engraved transverse grooves inlaid with niello. The other face is decorated with groups of triple transverse engraved lines, infilled with niello. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin, which has a wide stirrup at the junction of shaft and wrap around head. The head is decorated with pinched grooves. The stirrup is decorated with transverse grooves, and fine engraved zig-zag line at junction of head and pin shaft. The facets of the shaft, which…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-32E51F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is an annular brooch. The silver frame is of circular cross-section, and slightly distorted. One face is decorated with four groups of diagonally-set incised lines inlaid; the other face has transverse lines around 50% of the frame, and pairs of parallel lines set herringbone pattern fashion for the other half. There are traces of black niello within the incised lines. The two sides of the wrap-around head overlap at the top, and the head swivels freely on the frame. The pin shaft is of diamond cross-section, each facet being decorated with wriggle-work zig-zag lin…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BECE1C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval cast silver disc brooch inlaid with niello, in well-preserved condition. The front of the brooch is decorated extensively with foliar and zoomorphic motifs in the Trewhiddle style. On the reverse is a one-piece pin mechanism comprising spring, pin and catch-plate, secured to the disc by three rivets. The pin was in a closed position when the brooch was found. The main design on the front of the brooch comprises a cross with concave-sided arms, overlaying a saltire of four tongue-shaped lobes. The edges of both cross and saltire consist of rows of pellets…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A74FCE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusually large and decorative medieval silver annular brooch complete with pin and decorated with incised lines, inlaid niello and an inscription. The brooch is circular in cross section and, while weighty, the weight suggests it is hollow. There is a constriction at one point where the pin head is looped and corresponding slight wear on the opposite side of the ring, on the front where the pin point rests. The front is decorated with four bands of decoration with plain areas between. The bands are evenly spaced around the ring with one starting adjacent to the pin constrict…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: HESH-6C7EF9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end cap. The axis bar, spring and pin are all lost; the spring would have been secured by an external chord which was fixed to a rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The head of the brooch bow is hump like - being comma shaped in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a rounded 'bun shaped' foot with a projecting knop. The catch-plate is formed from a rib on the rear o…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-55B1CF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill brooch without side lugs, The strong cross-moulding above the bow, may indicate an early date. of Mackreth 2011, Chapter 6, Part 2 HOD HILL 10.c, Plate 97. It may have silver/ tin inlay along the bow. It is missing the curl of the catchplate and the pin. The wingspan is 12.9mm, the wings curling forward to hold the missing iron axis bar (now surrounded by iron corrosion). A notch between the wings would have been for the head of the pin. In front of the wings is a prominent transverse rib of triangular cross-section. Beyond the b…
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-92FF34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely small Roman copper alloy sprung knee brooch, probably dating to c. AD 150-250 with possible silver or niello inlay. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular in plan and longitudinally convex, the line of the head in profile following the curve of two integral sub-circular pierced lugs on the reverse of the head, these positioned in line with the edges of the head. On the right, where the lug survives to its original edge, it expands back 5.6mm. Between the head and lugs is a cylindral recess open to the reverse and bottom. Within this recess is an in situ copper alloy ax…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-BA8417
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~A silver annular brooch of medieval date. This thin lozenge shaped frame that has a square cross-section (1mm by 1mm). The top side is decorated with a series of closely packed shallow transverse grooves that are infilled with niello creating a striped pattern. There is a constriction for the pin in one corner. The pin is attached via a short cylinder that encompasses the constriction, form the side of which projects the pin that has a circular shaft which narrows to a point.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-673987
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- or fourteenth-century date. A number of brooches of this general type with frames decorated with niello are known to have been found in Wales. These include a brooch with similar decoration from Kidwelly Castle found during restoration work (Redknap 1994, no. 16); two silver brooches from Laugharne Burrows, Carmarthenshire, with transverse grooves inlaid with niello (ibid, Fig. 2, nos 9, 10); and one brooch frame from Glyn Tarell, Powys (TAR 2004, no. 495). The reported object is the unevenly cast silver frame from an ann…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-9C2BBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2016 T360 Incomplete silver Medieval (13th-14th Century) annular brooch with niello decoration; the pin is missing. Circular brooch, round in section; decorated on one side with a series of grooves and dots that have been inlaid with a black material, possibly niello, a mixture of copper, silver and lead sulphides, commonly used as an inlay on engraved or etched metals. The pattern is made up of three grooves across the brooch followed by three dots, one above the other, then a further three grooves. This pattern is repeated around the whole of the brooch. Approximate…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-0669FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted medieval annular brooch (diameter 25-8mm), sub lozengiform-sectioned frame with broken bar at constriction for missing pin. 13th-14th century. …
Created on: Friday 26th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9B188C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Medieval annular brooch: flat-sectioned frame expands at remains of two round collets, empty apart from traces of calcium carbonate fixative, alternating with two flat lozengiform plates, both secured to an expansion of the face of the frame by a globular-headed copper alloy rivet. Diameter c.40mm. 2.5mm thick. Height of collet 6.5mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2015
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