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Description: | A Post Medieval silver cap badge. The body of the cap badge is in the form of an eagle with its wings semi-spread and facing left. The outer face of the eagle has traces of gilding. On the reverse a horizontal silver hook has been soldered on. The hook is sub-square in section with rounded corners and forms a ''~' shape in plan.The cap hook is silver-gilt and dates to the late 15th to early 16th centuries. 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).Dimensions: length 13.19mm, width 13.3mm, weighing 1.87g.Angie BoltonSenior Finds Liaison OfficerJuly, 2010
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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