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Description: | Fragment of sheet silver ?thimble/decorative strip. Folded and creased. Base decorated with a single row of punched dots and a legend enclosed between two pairs of parallel lines. Legend difficult to read but appears as GOD * FEAR E . Upper edge delineated by two parallel lines. Centre area decorated with a band of poorly executed ?linked? hexagonal motifs, surrounded by and enclosing punched dots. Right-hand edge appears to be cut. No evidence for cap or top and the long edges are approximately parallel. No evidence of solder at rear. L. circa 42mm. W. 21mm max. The running hexagonal motif was commonly used in the 16th ? 17th C. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1540
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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