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Description: | A copper alloy chain and decorated loop which are probably post medieval. They may be components of a skirt lifter, a device to fasten up a woman??s long skirts to prevent them from dragging through the dirt. The main part of the skirt lifter is missing. It would have been like a giant pair of tweezers and the loop would have slid down the outside of the arms to lock them together when the skirt was gripped between them. The whole device would have been suspended from the belt by the chain.
These objects probably date from the 18th century. The loop is decorated with cast flowers and leaves. The chain is constructed from oval wire links which are twisted so they lie flat next to each other. This is similar to the chain on an 18th century seal matrix (LANCUM-61E562) and different to most medieval chains from dress accessories which tend to have figure of eight links bent into an L shape (see examples in the Meols Catalogue and Material Culture from London in an Age of Transition).
Two sections of chain survive and they were found in close association with the loop. The longer chain is 67mm long, 3.07mm wide and 1.6mm thick. The loop is 15.28mm long, 8.97mm wide and 6.39mm thick. Together, the objects weigh 2.53g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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