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Description: | A complete and corroded Medieval cast copper-alloy and enamelled stud (c. 1200-c. 1400).This stud is shield-shaped. It has a straight top and the sides curve evenly downwards to a point.At the front the design is unclear and there are traces of decayed red and greenish blue enamel with a single fleck of gilding. The rear face has traces of red enamel and a single fleck of gilding. There is an off-centre integral rivet on the rear face. It is burred over at the end and retains a separate sheet copper-alloy rove. Between the rear face and the rove there is creamy white textile, now tinged blue in places.Height: 19.78mm; width: 14.63mm; thickness of plate: 2.78mm; thickness (including rivet): 8.18mm. Weight: 4.89g.
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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