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Description: | Silver Fob. Cast heater shield shaped fob with angular scroll above and an applied central panel, also heater shield shaped, flanked by an open wreath. Both scroll and plate have relict traces of finely billeted borders. The central panel may have been silver gilt. Hallmarked on reverse with: lion, F in antique or Gothic style, and an anchor, suggesting the Birmingham assay office and a date of 1880. However, at this period a further stamp of the monarch's head might be expected to denote payment of duty. A stamped maker's or owner's mark: R.W. is below the hallmark; a maker with these initials is not known so the latter may be more likely. Suggested date: 1880.Length: 36.8mm, Width: 31.2mm, Thickness (at centre): 2.6mm, Weight: 8.93gms.
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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