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Description: | Post medieval cosmetic tool; cast silver tool of probable post medieval date. The tool is a simple bar of silver with a flat cross-section at one end and a circular cross-section at the other. It is indented at the point where the cross-section changes. The whole has a curved profile.
Length 62.4mm, width 4.0mm, thickness 2.1mm, weight 1.51g
The British Museum curators' report reads as follows:
"Silver object of flattened section broken at one end (formerly with attachment loop?) and curved outline at the other. Possibly an element from a silver toilet set. No decoration so hard to date, but unlikely to be earlier than 17th Century but probably earlier than 1708. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections" | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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