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Description: | An Early Post-Medieval (c.17th century) silver dress fastener of unknown function, measuring 29.32x22.52x2.57mm and weighing 4.2g. It is flat to the reverse with moulded decoration to the front.The object is openwork and consists of a heart-shaped frame, imitating a brooch, with a pin moulded as one into the frame. The frame stands on a triangular foot of three vertical ribs and the edges have a moulded feather detail facing inwards. Two curlicues curl towards each other to create the top of the heart-shape. Above each curlicue is a plain but curving form, probably a bird, with long neck and beak, and standing on the back of each is a shorter bird with incised detail on the wing and a circular eye. The beak appears open and joins lys-like decoration which sits above the beaks of the birds below. The outer two sections of the lys have similar decoration to the birds' wings, the central section has a single vertical groove. Below this is a 1.2mm diameter hole.
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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