Summary

Circular brooch of silver with four knobs and four leaves, from Middleby Church, Dumfriesshire, c. 1300

Accession Number

H.KO 18

Other references

Original description

Circular brooch of silver, 1 3/4" dia. with four knobs and four leaves. 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 has four eight-petalled rosettes and four round knops, the latter are decorated with small punch marks and show traces of gilding. The pin is circular in section and the projecting collar is round and decorated with small ring punch marks. One of the rosettes is attached to the front of the pin. The reverse is undecorated.//NOTES:1 Graham Callander 1924, no 29, 173.//2 PSAS, vol I, 1854, 25-6.//JM

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