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Post-Medieval silver gilt dress fastner
Incomplete composite silver-gilt dress-hook (hook missing) with a lozenge-shaped back, to which rope-twist filigree decoration had been soldered (filigree wire bordered by 3 circlets and granulated pellets in the corners, and 3 circlets on the four hollow, hemisperical bosses). There is a central perforation for a decorative knop, probably a flower head, now missing, There is a punch mark on the reverse, which has been made in a repousse manner. Gilding does not extend along the full length to the back.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2014.29H
Find Information
Site Name: Bronington, Wrexham
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2010 / July
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 22/12/2014
Measurements
width / mm:26.6
weight / g:3.5
Material
silver
Techniques
gilded
Location
In store
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