File:Combined earscoop & nail cleaner, close up of earscoop with initial-monogram. (FindID 107198).jpg

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Combined earscoop & nail cleaner, close up of earscoop with initial/monogram.
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Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton, 2005-09-21 09:48:17
Title
Combined earscoop & nail cleaner, close up of earscoop with initial/monogram.
Description
English: Silver object, probably a combined earscoop and nail cleaner, probably 17th century. Both ends are bent, with one end (the nail cleaner?) re-curving over the sub-circular sectioned shaft. The nail cleaner end is flattened and expanded, asymmetrically curved and pointed, and bears unclear moulded ?floral decoration. The earscoop end is flattened and expanded with a rounded end, but not dished. It is decorated with a letter or monogram (P?) on one side, and moulded ?floral decoration on the other (similar to that on the nail cleaner). Length (bent) 22.38mm, width (earscoop) 5.06mm, width (nail cleaner) 5.06mm, width (shaft, minimum) 1.48mm, thickness (earscoop) 0.96mm, thickness (nail cleaner) 1.16mm, weight 1.74g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 107198
Old ref: DENO-010AD1
Filename: 2005 T345 ear-nail close up 1.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/75585
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/75585/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/107198
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