Summary

Circular brooch of twisted silver made from rod of silver, from Middleby Church, Dumfriesshire, c. 1300

Accession Number

H.KO 17

Other references

Original description

Circular brooch of twisted silver made from rod of silver, 2" dia. Middleby Church, Dumfriesshire.//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. The ring is square in section and decorated on each of the four sides with a narrow longitudinal zigzag. One half of the ring is twisted to produce spiral fluting. The pin is round in section with a circular projecting collar.//NOTES:1 Graham Callander 1924, fig 5, no 5, 167, no 40, 175.//2 PSAS, vol I, 1854, 25-6.//JM

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