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Description: | Sheet copper alloy mount or cufflink with missing central attachment lug or loop, as evidenced by two small marks in the middle of the back of the plate. The mount is rectangular in plan and flat in profile. The front or upper surface has been decorated with four punched annulets, one in each corner, surrounded by punched dots which run from one annulet to another, creating an inner border. Beyond this border, the edge of the mount has been defined by a series of parallel oblique lines, which differ in length and number on each side.
Read (2001) illustrates mounts with similar decoration on page 36, Fig.21, Nos.320-321, which are dated to the 17th century.
Read (1988) illustrates a flat mount with similar decoration on page 116, No.755, which is dated to the 17th century, and another on page 148, No.1005, which is dated from the 17th to the 18th century.
Book clasps and buttons of this period also have similar patterns punched into them, but the only cufflinks that bear any resemblance to this find are the pair illustrated in Bailey (1993) on page 39, No.21, which are dated to the 17th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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