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Description: | Treasure case 2012 T211: Disclaimed, returned to finderDescription: Post Medieval hollow terminal from an unidentified object. The terminal has been squashed flat but appears to have originally had a flat back and convex front.It has a trilobed end with the large vertical lobes divided by lines of raised pellets. These lobes appear to have ended with an abruptly stepped in base below which was a recessed and narrowed but still convex section. This section is divided in two by a horizontal indented line with a row of raised pellets along its centre. Above the line is a pair of opposing outward spirals separated by a vertical line. Below the horizontal line is a second, larger, pair of opposing spirals with a vertical line between them. The spirals are flanked by pairs of vertical lines with a vertical row of pellets down the centre of each pair. Below this indented section it widens out into a rounded collar. Below the collar is a section where it narrows which is decorated by six short raised vertical lines. Below this is a pair of horizontal lines with a row of pellets between them. At the end is the start of a curling design but the terminal ends in an old break at this point obscuring the rest of the design.Dimensions: It is 19.8mm long by 11.3mm wide and is now 2.8mm thick. It weighs 0.49 grams.Discussion: While in general hollow work pieces are late post Medieval or modern the style of this piece may suggest the 17th century. 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.Dora ThorntonCurator of Renaissance Europe, British Museum
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