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JEWELLERY FITTING
Unique ID: SF-21B0D8
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver leaf-shaped object made from two crudely-cut silver sheet pieces fitted together, perhaps part of a jewellery ensemble or ear-ring. The lower element made from re-used metal, though The British Museum Department of Coins and Medals do not think this to be a coin re-used. Upper side decorated with swirling lines with small pierced hole perhaps for suspension.
The style and facture suggest a recent dating for this object, perhaps Ethnographic.
As the find in all probability dates to later than 1707 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T85
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2007T85
Treasure case number: 2007T85
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Near Mildenhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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