Accession No
1924.708
Description
Small brooch. Circular shape and slightly domed, decorated with a white central dot, a trace of gilding around this; a ring of red enamel with spiral gilt; surrounded by an outer band of white circles; also with opposing trefoil projections, one with red enamel intact inside each circle; two small knops perpendicular to these. The reverse is plain, with an open loop on one trefoil and a small hinge on the other; where the missing pin would have fastened.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Peas Hill
Period
Post Medieval 17th century
Source
Jesson, Thomas [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.708
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Enamel
Local Term
Measurements
25mm
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label reading: 'Elizabethan Brooch from Peasehill, Cambridge. T. Jesson ESQ.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Small brooch. Circular with trefoiled adjuncts of ?bronze. Red and white enamel
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Small brooch with enamel decoration.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small brooch. Circular shape and slightly domed, decorated with a white central dot, a trace of gilding around this; a ring of red enamel with spiral gilt; surrounded by an outer band of white circles; also with opposing trefoil projections, one with red enamel intact inside each circle; two small knops perpendicular to these. The reverse is plain, with an open loop on one trefoil and a small hinge on the other; where the missing pin would have fastened.
Event Date 1/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:19263
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