Record ID: LON-F2F3A4
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder which is decorated with ridge and grooves and a band of pellets just below the open end. The other end is closed by a filigree cage in the shape of an six-petalled flower (comprising six wire pointed ovals radiating from a central pellet). There are two opposing attachment holes just below the open end, set within the pelleted band of decoration. The open end has been flattened and there is a crack on one side. Hazel Forsyth identified this as an aglet dating to t…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: LON-E7ED18
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder and there is a seam where the two ends meet, running longitudinally. The surface of the aglet is decorated with six bands of applied filigree. Each band comprises two rows of twisted rope filigree that borders a central row of coiled filigree. The coiled filigree has larger turns than the twisted rope and the larger turns are arranged vertically. The open end has a band of decoration that includes 7 rings of twisted rope filigree. There are two holes for attachment o…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
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Record ID: LON-A11C64
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the 16th century. This aglet is an openwork design where there are two rows of lozenges with a solid band between, at the end there is another solid band with the same decoration and a solid cap terminal. It is possible there was a solid band above the final row of lozenges that is now missing. The lozenges are made from a lozenge-shaped piece of sheet gold with filigree work (twisted gold wire) around the edge forming a cell. It is possible there was another material inlaid in the middle, however there is no evidence remaining. The two…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2017
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Record ID: LON-5E0F81
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder; there is no visible seam where the two ends meet. The majority of the body of the aglet has no decoration except a band of decoration at the open end and a filigree cage at the opposite end. The band of decoration at the open end comprises two bands of twisted rope filigree with pellets regularly spaced between them. There are two holes for attachment on opposing sides of the cylinder. There is a small hole next to one of the attachment perforations but this appears…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: LON-FE3341
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gold lace tag (aglet) dating AD1500-1550. The body of the object consists of a gold sheet tube. At each end of the tube is a border of wire in the rope twist design. There are two sets of two parallel wires in the rope twist design along opposite sides of the tube and this creates two main panels on the body of the object. Each panel is decorated with rope twist wire and this creates decorative cells, with one much larger cell in each panel. One end of the tube has a border of four triangular panels containing a rope twist wire circle within each triangle, one of which…
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: LON-0D052B
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder; there is a visible seam the two ends meet. This seam is visible due to the damage to the aglet that has caused the seam to open up slightly. The aglet is ornate with bands of filigree decoration and a filigree cage at the closed end. The band of decoration at the open end comprises two bands of twisted rope filigree with pellets regularly spaced between them. There are two holes for attachment on opposing sides of the cylinder. There is a small h…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-08B7FD
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder; there is a visible seam where the two ends meet. The majority of the body of the aglet has no decoration. There are two holes for attachment on opposing sides of the cylinder. The shape of the aglet is squashed along the length. Dimensions: length: 13.49mm; width: 4.47mm; weight: 0.38g. As the aglet is greater than 300 years old and is more than 10% gold it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996. Aglets are ornaments used at the end of points (laces) to…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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