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Description: | Copper alloy and glassBracelet fragment. Pressed metal strip comprising three rows of five circular settings, of which eight retain tiny facetted beads of diameter 3.3mm made of black glass, mounted on short pins. The broken relict of a ninth bead shows fracture surfaces typical of glass.This object appears to imitate jet jewellery, which became particularly popular for wear during mourning in the second half of the 19th century. This followed Queen Victoria's prolonged period of mourning for Albert, Prince Consort, who died in 1861. Royal example revived the popularity of both real and imitation jet.A larger fragment of an identical bangle (NLM-400244) was reported from nearby Winterton in 2011. Suggested date: Modern, 1860-1900.Length: 18.1mm, Width: 10.5mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 1.25gms.
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