Late Medieval Silver Lozenge Frame Brooch

Object Description

A fine Late Medieval silver-gilt brooch featuring a lozenge frame complete with a free moving pin. The pin is tapered to a point with the other end looped around the brooch. Some dark patination is present to the surface, the brooch appears unadorned. Brooches of this type have been recovered since Anglo-Saxon times, and, owing to their simplicity and ease of use, remained commonplace until at least 1400 AD.

Date: Circa 14th-15th Century AD

Object History

From a private Wiltshire jewellery collection; acquired on the UK and European art markets between 1986 and 1994.

Object Literature

For a similar item, The British Museum item number 1893,0601.287

Object Condition

Excellent condition.

Object Details