Annular Brooches

Annular Brooches

Silver annular brooch (National Museum of Ireland 1874:102). Ireland

Silver bossed annular brooch (National Museum of Ireland 7347:W35). Ireland

Lead alloy brooch (British Museum AF.2720). England - 400-1500

Annular ring (British Museum 1985,1101.910.a-b). England - 1180-1280

Ribbed brooch (British Museum 1921,1101.339). Sweden - 12th-13th C.

Animal head brooch (British Museum 2003,0703.1). England - 13th C.

Gold annular (British Museum 1929,0411.1). England - 13th C. 

Jeweled brooch (British Museum AF.2683). 13th C. 

Incised brooch (British Museum 1985,1101.54). England - ca. 1280-1356

Silver groat brooch (British Museum 2012,8049.1). England - ca. 1352-1400

4 knobbed brooch (British Museum AF.2713). England - 14th C.

Brooch with clasped hands (Kunstgewerbemuseum F 1463). Germany - 14th C.

Cabled brooch (British Museum 1929,1021.1). 14th C.

Copper alloy annular (British Museum 1985,1101.906). England - 14th C.

Distorted brooch (British Museum AF.2691). England - 14th C.

Double chevron brooch (British Museum 1901,1018.10). 14th C.

Enameled brooch (British Museum 1929,1111.3). England - 14th C.

Fede brooch (British Museum AF.2694). England - 14th C.

Flat annular (British Museum 1926,0213.2). England - 14th C.

Flat gold brooch (British Museum AF.2689). England - 14th C.

Fragment (British Museum AF.2710). England - 14th C.

Hatched brooch (British Museum AF.2707). England - 14th C.

Heart-shaped brooch (British Museum AF.2690). England - 14th C.

Inscribed gold brooch (British Museum AF.2687). England - 14th C.

IO SV ICI EN L brooch (British Museum AF.2685). England - 14th C.

IV SVI ICI brooch (British Museum AF.2684). England - 14th C.

Jeweled annular (British Museum AF.2702). 14th C.

Knobbed brooch (British Museum AF.2692). England - 14th C.

Lozenge brooch (British Museum AF.2714). England - 14th C.

Paste brooch (British Museum 1927,0512.9). England - 14th C.

Pearled brooch (British Museum AF.2688). England - 14th C.

POVERTPE brooch (British Museum 1961,1102.6). England - 14th C.

Quatrefoil brooch (British Museum AF.2715). 14th C.

Copper alloy annular (British Museum 1985,1101.911). 1418-34

Enameled wreath brooch (British Museum AF.2698). 15th C.

Flat gold annular (British Museum AF.2686). England - 15th C.

Saltire brooch (British Museum AF.2697). England - 15th C.

Encrusted brooch (British Museum 2007,8045.2). England - 1400-1600

Hatched ground brooch (British Museum AF.2696). England - late 15th C.

 

Penannular Brooches

Silver brooch (Ashmolean AN1942.218). Ireland - 9th C.

Bossed brooch (British Museum 1888,0719.102). Ireland - 9th-10th C.

Silver brooch (British Museum 1869,0301.1). Ireland - 9th-10th C.

Penannular fragment (British Museum 2009,8023.4). England - 10th C.

Penannular pin (British Museum 2009,8023.12). England - 10th C.

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