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2009 T521 Post Medieval dress fitting
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Colchester Museums, Laura McLean, 2009-10-21 16:23:05
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2009 T521 Post Medieval dress fitting
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English: Treasure Case 2009 T521 Post medieval dress fitting

Date: post-medieval

Description: Small silver-gilt dress fitting, made in one plane with three large attachment loops and one of two smaller ones remaining.Reverse chased and gilt. Worn from wear with a separate hook element.

Discussion: A functional gilt dress fitting, forming the eye section of a hook and eye. Probably 16th Century.

As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Dora Thornton,British Museum.

Dimensions: 13.14mm long, 8.91mm wide, 2.05mm thick, weight 0.79 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1500 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 269997
Old ref: ESS-CB6913
Filename: 2009 T521.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/225494
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/225494/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/269997
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