Summary

Silver brooch, formed of rod of silver, with four knobs and four lozenge-shaped ornaments, from Langhope, Roxburghshire

Accession Number

H.KO 13

Other references

Original description

Silver brooch, formed of rod of silver, 2 5/8" dia. with 4 knobs & 4 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 ring brooch is complete with pin, four elongated rosettes and four depressed spherical knops. The rosettes have eight petals and three small ring punch marks in the centre. The knops are covered in similar markings. Both show traces of gilding. The pin is almost circular in section and has a heavy collar which is hidden by one of the rosettes attached to the head. The reverse is undecorated.//1 Thompson 1956, no 229, 82.//2 Graham Callander 1924, fig 5, no 2, 167, no 28, 173. //3 PSAS, vol XVI, 1881, 144.//JM

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

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