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LOCKET
Unique ID: DENO-FA82E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small silver heart-shaped locket with two faces, one of which is hinged and originally opened to show a compartment within the depth of the locket. Both heart-shaped faces pierced to suggest that the contents were perfumed, and engraved on each side with a cherub head supporting a heart. Cable ornament around the edge of the locket; suspension loop above. At the lower point of the heart is a silver stopper with screw thread which screws from the outside of the locket into a loop underneath the lid to secure it. This can be unscrewed and the lid opened. On the end of the screw thread is a small silver die engraved on its matrix with the initials F H in Roman capitals within pearled border, perhaps the initials of the original owner to whom this locket was given as a love token.
The decoration suggests a 17th Century date. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. This is the first object of this type to be recorded through the Treasure Act.
Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: The National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T9
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: AD 1699
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.9 mm
Width: 11.2 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 7.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th November 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E5898; 2008 T9
Treasure case number: 2008T9
Museum accession number: NEKMS : 2009.12
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Rolleston Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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