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Description: | Probably a late post-medieval or early modern silver and glass cuff link or possibly a button, dating from c. 1710-c. 1800. It is composed of a convex silver back and its hollow front forms a cell that contains a clear glass setting which is faceted overall. The upper sides of the back slope inwards to secure the setting within the cell. The upper rim of the silver hemisphere is damaged and there may have been once 8 0r 12 claw- or drop-shaped decorative protrusions which would have helped keeping the glass stone in place. A separate soldered wire loop at the back is circular in cross-section. The silver is worn and the glass is also worn, pitted and abraded. Similar cull links arer published in Read 2005: 99 and there is a very similar cuff link recorded on this database under IOW-BD5D62.
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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