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Description: | Treasure case 2012 T50: returned to finder after being declared not TreasureDescription: Silver loop part of a two part dress fastener with fleur de lis shaped plate. The main plate is shaped into a fleur de lis with convex fronts to each petal and a concave back. The two outer petals curve back so the points rejoin the base. There are three small, flat, circular sewing loops, one at the end of the central petal and one to each side at the widest point of the side petals. At the base of the fleur de lis is a transverse raised collar, then a constriction, a second collar and then a flat rectangular loop with rounded outer corners.Dimensions: It is 29.8mm long, 21.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick; it weighs 2.95 grams.Discussion: This would have formed one of a pair; the second piece would have a similar shaped plate ending in a broad, blunt, hook rather than the loop. They would have been used, often as part of a row of several pairs, to close openings on clothing such as down the front of a jacket.Read (2008:181) illustrates a similar example, no.693, although in copper alloy and with mouldings between the petals of the fleur de lis; he suggests a mid-16th to 17th century date. (ibid:165). Similar examples can be found from the Tendring district, Essex (2008 T236; PAS no. ESS-A3D517) and Colchester district, Essex (2011 T235; PAS no. ESS-832518)Consequently, 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.Laura Burnett, FLO for Somerset, January 2012Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum
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