Summary

Circular brooch of silver from the old fort, Ayr, from a hoard deposited c. 1292 - 1360

Accession Number

H.KO 19

Other references

Original description

Silver brooch, circular, 1 1/4" dia. inscribed. Anonymous note: From Ayr. Caption note, February 1993: [One of] Two silver brooches from Ayr from a hoard deposited c. 1292 - 1360. Caption note, June 1993: From the old fort at Ayr.//T. Deniozou note, 2011-01-28, 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 flat ring brooch complete with pin has the inscription on the front. The pin is rectangular in section with a collar marked by a horizontal groove. The reverse is completely undecorated.//NOTES:1 Thompson 1956, no 18, 6.// 2 Graham Callander 1924, fig 3, no 12, 164, no 4, 169. //3 PSAS, vol XXVI, 1892, 60//JM.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1862

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

Not recorded

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

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