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Description: | A cast copper alloy object of indeterminate type, resembling a buckle plate (Egan pers.comm.). The plate has been recycled from a printer??s plate, and consists of a flat, rectangular piece of copper alloy with two rivet holes at one terminal, and an integral attachment loop at the other. This has been formed by cutting a thin strip away from each side and bending the remaining plate back on itself.
The obverse of the plate has the following inscription, which can be read in mirror image:
??Watch & Clock Maker, SILVERSMITH &c Mint Street??. The style of lettering can be dated to 1770-1830AD (Whittick, pers.comm.).
The object has been bent across the centre. The metal surface is patchy dark green to dark brown in colour and is somewhat worn.
The area the object was found in had connections with the hop trade in Southwark, London. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Clifford, Trista - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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