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Description: | Silver box clasp incised with a rosette, with three attachment loops for three strings of pearls or beads. The clasp was likely attached to a necklace in this way and a flat tongue would have slotted into the rectangular aperture, at the opposite end to the attachment loops, to hold the two ends of the necklace together. The rosette has a central circular incised with cross-hatching, which is surrounded by five oval petals alternating with five pointed leaves. There is a border of incised lines and curves that appear as more foliage that follows around the edge of the clasp and is about 2 mm in thickness. On the back of the box clasp there is a punched maker's mark of the lower-case letters 'ns' within a rectangular border, but it is too worn to be sure.Bailey (2004) illustrates a silver button with a similar engraved rosette on page 81, fig.9.371, which is dated from the 18th century.Murdoch (1991) illustrates similar box clasps on necklaces, on page 48, fig.5.12, no.333, which is dated from c.1840, and on page 171, no.478, which is dated from the late 18th century to the early 19th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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