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Description: | Treasure case: 2012 T199, disclaimed and returned to finderDescription: Post Medieval silver cufflink element, one end of a cufflink. The piece is formed of two circular pieces of silver sheet now squashed flat together but possibly originally with a convex front and back. On the front is a raised design of a heart with a small flame rising from the top and two arrows in saltire behind it. The raised design is surrounded by a stippled background within a raised circular line border, now worn. The edge appears irregular and broken all the way around and may originally have been turned down or projected further. The back sheet is plain with a soldered loop in the centre and around it cracks and a hole clearly showing the two separate sheets. The hole is circular and may be an original blow hole. The loop is formed of circular sectioned drawn wire soldered onto the disc, The middle is flattened and widened giving it a trapezoid shape in profile. There is no visible makers mark.Dimensions: It is 12.8mm by 10.0mm, the disc is 0.6mm thick, 5.2mm including the loop. It weighs 0.49 grams.Discussion: Many cufflinks with similar flaming heart designs can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme Database and reported through the Treasure process, e.g. ESS-BD57D3 (2010 T752), YORYM-2C3C87 (2011 T240) and ESS-0934B2 (2010 T570). However these are usually formed with one piece of sheet with the raised design on the front echoed by indents on the back. Convex cufflinks are known but usually have a very convex front with incised designs e.g. SOM-BF3954 (2011 T468). It seems likely this is just a slight more robust version of the usual flaming heart type and it is possibly other examples of this type where the design is not seen on the back are also made of two thicknesses of sheet but as they are undamaged this is not clear on photographs. 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 BurnettFLO for Somerset April 2012.
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