Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2013-03-01 14:08:51
Title
Post-medieval dress fitting
Description
English: An incomplete silver-gilt early post-medieval single cap hook.
The object is circular in plan and domed in profile with a flat reverse. The front of the object is ornately decorated with wire filigree with four large circles even spaced around the sides of the dome. Within each larger circle there are three smaller circles arranged around a projecting circular knop. At the intersection between the large circles there are projecting knops with one in a filigree border in each of the gaps between the circles below the intersection. At the top of the dome there is a lozenge shape in filigree wire with each of the points at the top of the large circles, with projecting knops at each point. In the centre there is a final knop and there is a twisted wire border around the base of the dome although this is missing in some areas. The tops of the knops show the silver below the gilding, possibly through cleaning.
The reverse is undecorated with scarring from the hook attachment which is now missing, but was probably an 'S' shaped hook for a cap badge. There is gilding on the back but some of this has been worn away, possibly through vigorous cleaning as there are lines which could have been made with a wire brush. The edges of the object are uneven and sharp suggesting that there would have been a wider border.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Stockton-on-Tees
Date
POST MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 547946 Old ref: DUR-0A49D0 Filename: DUR-0A49D0-post-medieval-dress-fitting.jpg
Credit line
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
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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