277 (39)

249

Brooches

1311

160 Annular brooches (1:1)

but in the present instance the lines are much further removed from true letters than on the other two examples.

1309 BIG82 2317 (2591) 8 fig 160 Broken at constriction for missing pin; d 28mm; gunmetal (AML); bevelled frame with engraved false lettering and two collets, which taper from oval bases to round tops - both retain broken fragments of glass Stones, which appear yellowish-green, and are set with calcium carbonate (AML).

1310 BIG82 2429 (3216) 8 fig 160 d 30mm; copper (AML); cable pattern on frame to one side of the pin; transverse lines divide the other half into fields altematively plain and with double lines of opposed, punched triangles.

Cf MoL acc. nos. 4081 & 4091, Anon. 1979, 279-80 no. 1372 fig 174, and Hassall and Rhodes 1974, 66-67, for copper-alloy brooches with a similar division of the decorative scheme on the two halves of the frames.