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Description: | TREASURE CASE : 2012 T775.An incomplete cast and engraved silver-gilt mount of late medieval date. The mount is comprised of a circular silver plaque set within a gilt frame and back plate; plaque may have originally been enamelled. The plaque is engraved with an image of the Madonna seated with the baby Christ on her knee. The Madonna is crowned, with hair or a headdress draped behind her shoulders, and is robed. The Christ is naked with a radiating halo behind his head. The Christ childs' arms are outreaching to touch the face of the Madonna.The silver-gilt frame is slightly raised around the circumference of the plaque, though much of this raised edge has been lost, and is ruffled or frilled. Around this raised edge is a separately made intricate chain-link design enclosing the whole of the plaque. The back plate, which is integral to the raised frame, is also ruffled or frilled and has become worn, bent and damaged. The reverse of the mount is flat with a rectangular bar which appears to be separately cast and soldered into place. One end of the bar extends outward slightly before terminating in a worn break while the opposite end appears complete, tapering into the reverse of the plate.While the engraving is a typical 15th Century form mirrored in numerous object types such as 2007 T699 (KENT-6D9885) and 2008 T206 (SWYOR-EA45E6) the gilt frame within which the plaque is set is more unusual and may be a later addition.Date:Medieval: 15th CenturyDimensions:Diameter: 23.9mm; Thickness: 5.1mm; Weight 6.2g.Discussion: 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.Reference:Treasure Annual Report 2007. (2009). London: DCMS. p.139, no.318.Treasure Annual Report 2008. (2010). London: DCMS. p.152, no.328.
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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