Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Post-Medieval silver gilt dress fitting
Dress hook, made of gilded silver. It consists of a trefoil-shaped front part with a small hook at the bottom; the attachment bar/bar loop is missing from the back. The trefoil element is decorated with applied filigree patterning.
The trefoil-shaped thin back-plate is cut from a sheet, to which the flattened base of a hook has been soldered on the reverse. The edges of the backing plate have been punched to create cusps. Each petal supports a hollow hemisphere, each bearing three small filigree circlets around a raised silver pellet. A centrally placed hole would once have supported a central decorative motif, often a flower with large central bead (both now missing). Gilding does not extend along the full length to the hook and is partial on the back.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Nodiadau: Found while metal detecting during a club rally. Found in field under pasture at a depth of 3 inches.