010-Brooch Oxwich Type
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Brooch made of cast brass and finished by hand with brass pin hardened by hammer. 4 cm external diameter, internal diameter 2.3 cm. XIII century.
The glass paste stones and freshwater pearls are set by hand.
It was drawn in the style of a brooche that is in the National Museum Wales and date from 1250 to 1320 -40. Many of these brooches were in use in Europe with shapes and combinations of stones and pearls.