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Description: | A gold fragment of an artefact of an undiagnostic date. The fragment comprises a loop made from a flat strip of gold from which two broken strands project creating an incomplete figure of eight in appearance. At the junction between the strip and the broken projections an incomplete cinquefoil has been soldered to the front. The surface of the strip is decoratively cast with a twisted rope motif.Dora Thornton and Judy Rudoe has had a look at this and they can't place what it is but believe it is undiagnostic.Dimensions: length: 9.26mm; width: 4.43mm; thickness: 1.23mm; weight: 0.16g.Identification by Dora Thornton, Curator, Renaissance Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe; The British Museum and Judy Rudoe, Curator, Nineteenth and twentieth century collections, jewellery, silver, engraved gems from 1660, Department of Prehistory and Europe; The British Museum.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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