Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-329465
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Published
Silver artefact, heart-shaped, with back plate onto which a cushioned heart-shaped element has been soldered. The heart on the front decorated with applied filigree circles and knops radiating from the centre. The back flat with no sign of previously-attached bars or hooks, though the front right of the object suggests that a projecting element there has been torn away and lost. Length: 20 mm.
It is not clear how the object was worn or used but its decoration suggests a close comparison with Tudor dress fittings with hooks and attachment bars. Heart-shaped dress fittings are not as yet recorded through the Treasure Act however.
Probably 15th-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 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections).
Current location of find: Somerset County Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T390
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1599
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.6 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008
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Other reference: Entry 020285
Treasure case number: 2008T390
Museum accession number: TTNCM 81/2010
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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