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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Gold annular brooch with six settings and integral pin.
The brooch frame sconsists of a thin sheet metal ring, set obliquely, supporting six tubular collets for settings (some now misshapen), of which only a small fragment of light purple survives within one collet. There may therefore have been at least three en cabochon sapphire settings, perhaps alternating with another semi-precious stone of another colour (e.g. blue or green glass, green emeralds). The spaces between collets are decorated with raised pellets, and there is hole through the frame for the pin head. The pin has a wrap-around head and raised transverse bar at the junction with the shaft, which is of flattened D cross-section.
Site Name: Mathry, Pembrokeshire
Notes: Found on grazed pasture land at approximately 6 inches deep. Other metal detected finds were noted as being found nearby but not associated with the brooch: a spindle whorl and a cut short-cross penny
