MEDIEVAL BROOCH

1200

Miniature annular brooch. The front of the brooch is decorated with six punched swirls (reverse 'S' shapes). The reverse is decorated with a punched zig-zag around the frame that is interrupted by a restriction for the pin. The pin is silver and has a small transverse collar. In cross-section the pin shaft is lozenge shaped and each face is decorated with a punched wavy line. Similar decorations are seen on a 13th/14th annular brooch from East Walton, Norfolk (Treasure Annual Report 2002, no. 75 (2002 T101)).The object fulfils the Treasure Act (1996) in that it is more than 300 years old and has a precious metal content exceeding 10%.Adam Daubney