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EYELET
Unique ID: BH-13B545
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver-gilt flat dress fitting, made in one plane with triangular central section and four circular eyelets projecting from it for attachment to clothing. The triangle decorated with knops and filigree circlets forming trefoils, also outside the triangle between the eyelets. Back plain with chasing marks.
Notes:
Dress fitting of a 16th Century type commonly reported through the Treasure Act. (D. Thornton)
Class: Eyelet
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Much Hadham Forge Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T691
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.8 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Treasure number 2009 T691
Treasure case number: 2009T691
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Much Hadham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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