Record ID: WMID-4758B8
Object type: HAIR PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible hair ornament made from copper alloy sheet probably dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1600-1750. The object has a snapped break indicating that it is incomplete. The damage is not new. One end terminates is a semi-circular hook which may act as a catchplate. The catchplate leads to a lozenge-shaped body with an openwork decoration of four equally sized lozenges. It is possible that the snapped terminal which leads from openwork body would also orginally have terminated in a semi-circular hook, but this is uncertain. Length: 41.11. Width: 31.16mm. Thickness…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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