TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

335. Dunchurch, Warwickshire:
medieval silver-gilt circular brooch (2006 T180)
Date: Late 13th–early 14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr C Matthews while metaldetecting
in January 2006.
Description: A brooch formed of a twisted wire, which
is decorated by a row of pellets within each twist. The
frame is narrowed for a short section to form a pin
constriction. The pin constriction is oval in section and
is broken in the centre. The break is not recent and is
possibly due to wear. The pin is missing, and only traces
of gilding remain. Diameter: 20.2mm; weight: 2.19g.
Disposition: Generously donated by the finder and
landowner to Warwickshire Museum.
A BOLTON
336. Codford, Wiltshire:
medieval silver-gilt circular brooch (2006 T237)
Date: 13th–14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr W Green while metaldetecting
in January 2006.
Description: A brooch comprised of seven ‘lobes’,
much of the gilding now missing. The pin, which is flat
on the underside but slightly faceted on the other,
makes a complete loop around the centre of one ‘lobe’
of the frame. A slight horizontal ridge is visible just
beneath the loop but does not extend beyond the max
width of the pin, here 2.7mm. For a similar but more
elaborate seven-lobed example with false-collets, see
Egan (1991) no. 1348. Diameter: 13.4mm;
weight: 0.73g.
Disposition: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum.
K HINDS
337. North West Essex:
medieval silver-gilt circular brooch (2006 T557)
Date: 14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr D Padgett while metaldetecting
in October 2006.
Description: A much-distorted circular and abraded
brooch, lacking its pin. The frame of the brooch has two
high collets set with purple stones (probably garnets)
placed at opposite points. The collets are held by two
arms which spring from the frame and are decorated
with foliate shapes. The pin rest takes the form of a
four-petalled flower.
Disposition: Saffron Walden Museum.
J P ROBINSON
338. beachamwell, Norfolk:
medieval silver-gilt brooch (2006 T286)
Date: 14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr S Brown while metaldetecting
in 2006.
Description: An open framed brooch in the form of a
quatrefoil, with a D-section frame and pin constriction.
The pin is missing. On the flat front is an engraved
inscription is set within contour lines, the letters
separated by closely spaced transversely engraved lines:
I E S V S N A Z A N V S R signifying ‘Iesus Nazarenus’ i.e.
Jesus of Nazareth. Diameter: 18mm; weight: 0.97g.
Disposition: Norwich Castle Museum, the landowner’s
share generously donated.
A ROGERSON
339. Embsay, North yorkshire:
medieval silver circular brooch (2006 T381)
Date: 14th–15th century
Discovery: Found by Mrs S Powell while metaldetecting
in August 2006.
Description: A silver brooch, the frame formed from a
circular-sectioned hoop, its pin with a flattened edge
and a wide rectangular collar.
Discussion: Undecorated brooches like this were
produced in large numbers in the Medieval period and
occur frequently in base metal such as copper alloy.
They were manufactured in a wide range of sizes. Given
their utilitarian aspect, it is likely that they were used as
a practical fastening for clothes rather than purely for
adornment. Several brooches of different sizes would
have been used together to hold a garment in place.
Disposition: Generously donated by the finder and
landowner to the Craven Museum, Skipton.
J P ROBINSON
340. Winwick, Cheshire:
medieval gold circular brooch (2006 T549)
Date: 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr N Bowker while metaldetecting
in August 2006.
Description: A very fine brooch, hollow cast and
hemispherical in section. Part of the frame is made
up of a pair of very finely cast three-dimensional
clasped hands, with raised bands immediately below
the knuckles suggesting the ends of sleeves; the left
one, facing the back of the brooch, is less pronounced
probably due to wear. The inscription, in raised gothic
or ‘black letter’ script beginning with a cross pattee and
ending with a cross in a square, reads: Pensez de moy
(Think of me). This is broken by a scroll at the point
opposite the clasped hands; there is a further scroll on
the section between the pin and the left hand.
The flat back of the brooch is decorated with fivepetalled
flowers on a finely hatched background. The
pin has a D-shaped loop to fit with the hemispherical
shape of the brooch, incised to match the decoration
front and back. The pin is slightly bent at its base and
would have rested in a small notch on the frame.
Diameter: 22.4mm; weight: 5.64g.
Discussion: Medieval brooches and rings with
sentimental inscriptions were often exchanged
between aristocratic lovers as tokens of affection.
Disposition: Warrington Museum.
N HEREPATH & J P ROBINSON
341. Rowington, Warwickshire: medieval gold trefoil
brooch (2005 T8)
Date: 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr A Rose while metal-detecting
in October 2004.
Description: A Medieval brooch of trefoil shape. Each
part of the trefoil was originally enamelled. The enamel
survives in two of the foils and is coloured blue and
white. The third area has lost its enamel, which may
have been of a different colour less well preserved in
the ground. The bottom foil is decorated with five gold
crescents and an asymmetrically placed star to the
left of centre. The reverse is decorated with flowers
and engraved with an inscription, all of which would
originally have been enamelled. The inscription reads:
NUL SY BIEN (none so good).
The pin is flat and is attached to the frame of the
brooch and articulated by another internal pin. The
head of the pin stands slightly proud of the front
surface of the brooch.
Disposition: British Museum.
J P ROBINSON
342. Great Durnford area, Wiltshire:
medieval silver circular brooch (2006 T129)
Date: 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr D Martin while metaldetecting
in March 2006.
Description: A complete brooch, flat in section, the
pin decorated with two transverse grooves. The brooch
has a constriction for the curl of the pin and also a very
tiny one at the opposite side. This is probably the result
of wear. The frame is similarly decorated with two
transverse grooves, either side of the constriction only.
Diameter: 23mm; weight: 1.72g.
Disposition: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum.
K HINDS
343. Kirk Deighton, North yorkshire: medieval silvergilt
brooch fragment (2006 T103)
Date: 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mrs E Andrews while metaldetecting
in December 2005.
Description: A fragment of a Medieval silver-gilt
heart-shaped brooch, of D-shaped section, decorated
with ridges to give the impression of a cabled frame.
The back of the brooch bears the partial black-letter
inscription: ...re cuer et vie (…heart and life). Part of the
constriction for the pin survives. Max. length: 28mm.
Disposition: Harrogate Museum had hoped to acquire
but withdrew; returned to finder.
B NENK
344. East Folkingham, Lincolnshire: 12th–13thcentury
silver-gilt bird-shaped brooch pin (2005
T130) pAs ID: pAs-3588b1
Found by Mr D Robinson while metal-detecting in
October 2004; disclaimed, returned to finder.
B NENK
345. Creslow, buckinghamshire: 13th-century
copper-alloy zoomorphic circular brooch (2005
T308) pAs ID: pAs-35A3b5
Found by Mr M East while metal-detecting in August
2005; not Treasure, returned to finder.
A GANNON
346. Crawley area, hampshire: 13th-century
silver-gilt circular brooch fragment with garnet
setting (2005 T155) pAs ID: buC-8C76F6
Found by Ms S Moloney while metal-detecting in
January 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
B NENK
347. potten End area, hertfordshire: 13th-century
silver circular brooch frame (2006 T378)
pAs ID: buC-60ED32
Found by Mr D Tombs while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
M MELLOR
348. East Kent: 13th-century silver brooch frame
(2005 T427) pAs ID: KENT-F98Fb5
Found by Mr P Bean while metal-detecting in October
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
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