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Description: | Copper alloy dress accessory. Catch plate element of a dress fastener. A large circular, slightly domed plate with three pierced, rounded lugs for attachment. At the left side is a trapezoidal framed loop which would fit with the corresponding hook piece (not present). The lugs are set one either side of the loop and the third opposite it on the right side. This loop also has a small, rounded projection at the right side. The circular plate is decorated with a pellet border inside which is a symmetrical rope and scroll frame around a harp design. the harp is usually the emblem of Ireland. The back is concave behind the plate and is undecorated. | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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