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Description: | 18th to 19th Century Mourning Jewellery: clasp from a bracelet or necklace. It is an elongated octagon in plan, with cut glass above a gold-wire monogram, MW, surrounded by a border of scrolled gold-wire. One terminal has three circular fittings to attach the string, while the other end has a narrow, rectangular slot with a small notch at the centre; for where the folded metal plate would have been inserted to secure the fastening. The edge of the setting has a series of cast semi-circles around it. The reverse is plain and undecorated. It is 14.06mm long 10.61mm wide, 5.86mm thick and it weighs 2.76 grams.
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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