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Description: | A complete post-Medieval silver cuff link (c. 1700-c. 1800).The cuff link consists of two silver octagonal discs joined together by an elongated silver wire loop, circular in cross-section. The discs, with down-turned edges, are flat at the front and concave at the rear. At the rear, each disc has a central silver wire loop, circular in cross-section, through which the elongated joining loop passes. The design at the front of each disc is similar and consists of eight cusps close to the periphery. At the centre is an engraved flower-head motif of four rounded petals with a lobe between each petal. Each petal has fine linear grooves and the centre of the flower-head is cross-hatched.These cuff links are scratched and slightly worn at the front. There is no indication of any maker's mark. On the elongated wire joining loop there are three 'pinch' marks at the soldered join.Overall length: 27.78mm; maximum diameter of each disc: c. 11.23mm; thickness of discs: 1.75mm; overall thickness: 5.20mm; diameter of elongated loop wire: 1.45mm. Overall weight: 1.96g.
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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