NMS-20D868: Medieval silver aiglet or lace tag

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LACE TAG

Unique ID: NMS-20D868

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Description: Silver medieval to post-medieval aiglet or lace tag. Tapering cylindrical form with barely-visible longitudinal seam, closed rounded terminal end and open attachment end. The open end of the aiglet is tapered slightly inwards around the outside circumference possibly as a result of crimping the lace. Just short of the hollow attachment end a silver internal rivet survives, crossing diametrically from one side to the other and filed off flush on the surface.

Discussion: The seam is butted and there is a rivet, features consistent with Livings type 1 (Livings 2017, 18-21). Undecorated silver lace-tags of this type are not common; the only comparison on the PAS database is perhaps IOW-7608F4.

Dimensions: Length 54mm, attachment end diameter 5.5mm, terminal end diameter, weight 3.95g.

Date: According to Livings (and earlier typologies such as Oakley, and Margeson), type 1 lace-tags are found in contexts dating to the the 15th and 16th centuries.

Notes:

As the object is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.

ENF146829

Class: Livings type 1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2020T13

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Diameter: 5.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd November 2019 - Sunday 3rd November 2019

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 40435
Other reference: NMD112019
Treasure case number: 2020T13

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
To be known as: Near Reepham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Livings, G.	2017	Aiglets: Medieval, Post Medieval, and Modern	Fitchburg Wisconsin	privately published

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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