Summary

Silver brooch with six lozenge-shaped ornaments, from Langhope, Roxburghshire

Accession Number

H.KO 10

Other references

Original description

Silver brooch, 2 1/4" dia. with 6 lozenge-shaped ornaments. Langhope, Roxburghshire.//T. Deniozou note, 2011-02-18, Information taken from Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003: [One of] B1, C42, 41-2 [Angels, Nobles and Unicorns reference] //The wire brooch is complete with pin and six lozenge-shaped plates attached to the front of the ring. The lozenges are decorated with four long and four intermediate short lines radiating from the centre and bear traces of gilding. The pin, which is oval in section, has a projecting oval collar. The reverse is undecorated.//NOTES:1 Thompson 1956, no 229, 82.//2 Graham Callander 1924, fig 5, no 3, 167, no 33, 174.// 3 PSAS, vol XVI, 1881, 144.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

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Method (e.g. excavation)

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Place (i.e. location of discovery)

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Acquisition

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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

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