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Description: | 17th century silver fragment of a combined earscoop and bodkin (2005 T7)Description: Fragment of 17th century silver combined earscoop and bodkin. Originally this item would have taken the form of a tapering shaft, rectangular in section, with a long, rectangular slot at the broader end, above which would have been a decorative terminal with an additional perforation for the suspension of a pendant. This fragment represents a fraction of the bodkin that has broken at the point of the rectangular slot and the additional, uppermost perforation.It is now subrectangular in plan with two 'prongs' at one end, which represent the truncated sides of the rectangular slot. At the opposite ends are two small, rounded knops, which is all that remains of the circumference of the uppermost perforation. Holding the fragment vertically, it is decorated with two, parallel incised horizontal lines just beneath the uppermost perforation and just above the rectangular slot. Between these are a number of incised parallel lines of descending height to either side of a taller central line, which form a triangular shape. This decoration is mirrored on the reverse side. Break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment has a shiny silver patina. It is 26mm long and 4mm wide and approximately 2mm thick.Bodkins were used in the Low Countries and would have been brought to England by immigrants. Similar ones have been found in Norfolk and Suffolk. See Margeson, 1993, Norwich Households, page 9, plate III for a complete example.Dimensions: Length:26mm, width:4mm, thickness: 2mm. Disposition: Saffron Walden Museums have disclaimed their interest in this object.The object contains a minimum of 10% silver and is over 300 years old. Consequently it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.
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