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MEDIEVAL BROOCH
A badly corroded copper alloy annular brooch probably of a type called a disc-on-pin brooch. It has a corroded circular frame with a constriction for the pin. An unusual feature of the frame is two recesses on the reverse of the frame. These would have held a separate narrow bar, which would have divided the circle in half, forming a cross with the pin. The pin and bar do not survive except for a …
Subject
- archaeology - MEDIEVAL
Type of item
- BROOCH
- Brooch
Medium
- Copper alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creation date
- 1400
- 1400
Places
- United Kingdom; North Yorkshire; Craven
Identifier
- SWYOR-A91943
Year
- 1400
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T15:12:04.483Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:35:12.576Z