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Description: | TREASURE CASE 2008 T702British Museum Report: A medieval terminal possibly from a brooch, taking the form of a grotesque. The beast has an open mouth with a curled tongue and deeply incised lines across its snout. Its eyes are equally deeply recessed and two depressions on either side signify its flattened ears.The terminal is silver and dates from the late eleventh or twelfth century.Dimensions: length 15 mm, width 6 mm.Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.J P Robinson Curator of Medieval Collections 3rd June 2009
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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