Record ID: SWYOR-E27F72
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A single disc from a silver cuff link. The surviving circular fastener is a circular 'button' with a flange around the edge and a hollow reverse. The attachment loop is missing. It is decorated in counter-relief with a pair of hearts beneath a crown on a stippled ground. This motif, commonly found on 17th-century cuff-links and buttons, may have celebrated the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662 (Read 2008, 98, no. 388; Treasure Annual Report 2001, 81, no. 153; Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 139, no. 614). Compare SWYOR-66C262 (2011 T322), NMS-F72E…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caenby', grid reference and parish protected.