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Description: | The object is probably a strap fitting. In plan it is a trefoil shape composed of three integral circular domes. In the centre is a moulded four-petalled flower. Each dome is decorated with a simplistic flower at the apex. The base of the domes has an integral decorated flange. The flange has oblique grooves along the edge. The reverse is hollow and filled with a grey lead alloy substance. It does not feel heavy enough to be just lead. Protruding from the lead alloy is a copper alloy wire ?[? shaped loop. The surface of the object is corroding, with patches of red copper corrosion, and the lead alloy has oxidised in places forming a cream colour. The object measures 21.34mm long, 18.28mm wide and 8.63mm thick. It weighs 5.67g.
The object probably dates to the Post Medieval period, 17th to 18th centuries. The dome shapes are slightly reminiscent of the head-dress pins illustrated in Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58) Nos. 26-28, which date to the 18th century. | 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: | 1600
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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