Rights Holder: Norfolk County Council
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Unique ID: NMS-284913
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval gold jewellery fitting from a composite piece of jewellery. A gold disc back-plate, the reverse flat with a central integral rivet surrounded by file marks, with a gold setting on the front formed from four cusped sides which rise to form a rectangular collet. The collet holds a rectangular purple stone with a flat or nearly flat upper face, almost certainly amethyst, now pushed back into the setting. The join between the sides of the collet and the back-plate can be seen as a faint line around the edge.
The fitting is extremely similar although slightly smaller, to one at the centre of a pendant which formed part of the Fishpool Hoard, Nottinghamshire, which was buried in or after 1464 (Hinton, 2005, 238, and 242, fig.8.5). The cusped setting is also similar to that found on late-medieval and early post-medieval rings, see for example two rings in the collection of the British Museum, 1967,1208.2 and 1856,0627.154, both dated to the 15th century.
Date: Probably 15th century.
Dimensions: Diameter 9mm. Thickness (excluding rivet) 5mm. Thickness (including rivet) 6mm. Weight 1.1g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T199
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th February 2013 - Monday 25th March 2013
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SMR reference number: 50024
Other reference: SG042013
Treasure case number: 2013T199
Primary material: Gold
Secondary material: Gem
Completeness: Fragment
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Hinton, D.A. | 2005 | Gold, Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain | Oxford | Oxford University Press | 238, and 242, fig.8.5 |