Clara Brooch

Clara with a barrow – and a marrow. Or as one clever fellow said, the harvest of the Field of F’s.

This is a surprisingly large brooch, with what you might call a real presence. We have no idea what it means, but there are extant examples of this motif from at least three molds, so it must have been truly humorous. The original of our piece dated 1375-1425; the other examples 1400-1450.