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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy artefact with enamelled detail of Post-Medieval to Modern date, probably a dress fastener. This object has a rectangular hexagonal plate of 24.01mm wide, 19.68mm in length and 1.42mm thick. This plate has a plain border 0.90mm wide, inside which is a field 2.81mm wide that is decorated with a relief detail of twisted rope design 0.44mm wide, zigzag lines 1.39mm wide and a final twisted rope design. A central raised field measuring 16.60mm in width and 12.39mm in length is filled with a yellow metal with enamel overlaid. The edge of this inner field stands to a height of 2.11mm above the surrounding plate border. This edge seems to have stood slightly proud of the enamelled field within. The inner field has a border of turquoise enamel 2.35mm wide with dark blue inside and possibly specks of a greenish-yellow as well. The presence of enamel having been applied over yellow metal is curious, unless the application of the enamel was of later design or that the original design involved chipping small parts of the enamel off to allow the yellow metal to show through. There is no evidence to support either of these theories but they are made as suggestions. Above the plate are four pierced lugs, the outer two have breaks across the centre. They stand 3.39mm high, 3.68mm wide and 1.47mm thick with an internal circular perforation of 1.69mm diameter. These lugs are spaced 3.75mm apart, two on the upper edge of the plate and the outer two are positioned on the upper corners of the two upper corner edges of the hexagon. Below the plate is the start of a rectangular sectioned shank that is presumed to be an incomplete hook if the artefact is a hooked tag dress fitting. This shank or hook is 12.86mm where it joins the plate and 1.51mm thick. The shank tapers to a width of 7.85mm and thickness of 1.40mm at the transverse break. The shank has a plain border along both edges that is 1.66mm wide and a foliate design in relief between. This fragment weighs 7.65g. The incomplete length is 32.54mm, width is 24.01mm and thickness over raised central field is 3.17mm.
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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