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FIGURINE
Unique ID: ESS-5E1217
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver-gilt figurine of a standing angel. The dress is pleated; the inside of the wings hatched and the figurine has shoulder length hair. There is damage to the feet and hands of the angel. The item has been repaired recently and it appears that the object may have been found in two or more pieces. The reverse of the figurine is plain and the lower half reverse is flat. This object has broken from another object, perhaps a terminal. It is hard to place and has no obvious parallel. Length: 21.47mm, width: 14.15mm, thickness: 4.76mm, weight: 2.74g.
Report by Janina Parol, Lloyd de Beer and Dora Thornton, British Museum.
Notes:
On the balance of probabilities this find should be considered potential treasure in that it is almost certainly over 300 years old and is composed of more than 10% precious metal.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T133
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.47 mm
Width: 14.15 mm
Thickness: 4.76 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th June 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7284
Treasure case number: 2013T133
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
References cited
No references cited so far.
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