TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

772. postwick area, Norfolk: 17th–early-18thcentury
gold posy ring inscribed ‘TFT [?] Revoult its
your fault’ (2006 T188) pAs ID: Nms-3AC194
Found by Mr D Parker while metal-detecting in March
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
S J ASHLEY & J A RUDOE
773. unknown parish, somerset or Wiltshire: 17th–
early-18th-century silver-gilt posy ring inscribed ‘+
forget my not’ (2006 T618) pAs ID: pAs-8DF291
Found by Mr Emery while metal-detecting in 2001;
disclaimed, returned to finder.
N AWAIS-DEAN
774. Leatherhead area, surrey: 17th–early-18thcentury
gold ornamental finger-ring set with three
green stones (2006 T309) pAs ID: pAs-8DFDD7
Found by Mr K Grainger while metal-detecting in
May 2006; Guildford Museum had hoped to acquire
but withdrew, subsequently the finder and landowner
generously donated.
J A RUDOE
775. Corscombe, Dorset: 18th-century gold
mourning ring with skull motif and inscribed ‘. F j .
[or T] Arm ob . 23 . jan . 1702’ (2006 T458)
pAs ID: pAs-8E0946
Found by Mr S Rourke while metal-detecting in
September 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J A RUDOE
776. North West Essex: post-medieval silver incised
finger-ring fragment (2005 T548)
pAs ID: Ess-E94DD4
Found by Mr T Carter while metal-detecting in
November 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
A ROGERSON
(VIII) pENDANTs AND bEADs
777. south-west Essex: post-medieval gold pendant
(2006 T582)
Date: Late 16th–very early 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr G Sparks while metaldetecting
in October 2006.
Description: A lozenge-shaped pendant with four
triangular cut diamonds at the corners, each with
three small projecting knops at the edge, and four
projecting table-cut diamonds in between them, each
also with three projecting knops. At the centre there is
a table-cut red stone in a gold collet. The suspension
loop at the top is attached to a finial; there is a
smaller suspension loop at the base. On the back, the
projecting knops are enamelled white with a small gold
pattern left in reserve, with most of the body green
(some enamel is missing). At the centre, there is a star
motif between two scrolls of gold, possibly part of
an original pin fitting now missing. The keying for the
enamel is visible in some areas.
Discussion: The style and facture suggest the above
date for this jewel. Pendants are one of the commonest
types of 16th-century jewels to survive and were worn
in various ways, attached to clothing or hanging from
chains or ribbons. Diamonds of different cuts could
be combined as here. Scarisbrick (1994), p. 127 notes
that Anne of Denmark had a pendant ‘garnished with
Lozenge, table and triangle small Diamonds having
five triangle diamonds pendant all in Collets’. Similar
pendants were worn at the base of the stomacher or
on belts by noblewomen or by the Queen; Elizabeth I
is shown wearing a similar pendant to this one in the
Armada portrait in the Tyrwhitt Drake collection,
which has pendant pearl attached and hangs from a
ribbon bow.
Disposition: Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service
hopes to acquire.
D THORNTON
778. Witham area, Essex:
post-medieval silver shield pendant (2005 T529)
Date: Probably late 16th–early 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr R Martin while metaldetecting
in 2002 or 2003.
Description: Silver shield-shaped pendant, perhaps
for hanging from horse harness, with an integral
suspension loop cast in one plane. The piece is engraved
with crude lion, possibly rampant on the front, and on
reverse the inscription in Roman capitals: T/NOR/FOC/
K, presumably the name of an owner. Length: 20.8mm;
weight: 1.28g.
Disposition: Braintree District Museum.
D THORNTON
779. Wendover, buckinghamshire:
post-medieval silver possible locket (2006 T169)
Date: 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr P Richardson while metaldetecting
in March 2006.
Description: A heart-shaped element made from silver
sheet with folded-over edge; engraved on the front
with initials C R flanking a crown, the rest of the design
damaged and illegible, pierced through and squashed
edge on one side. Length: 13mm approx.
Discussion: There is no obvious sign of an attachment,
making it difficult to determine the function of this
object. The linking of the heart, crown and initials
recalls the stamped designs on late-17th-century
silver buttons.
Disposition: Buckinghamshire County Museum.
D THORNTON
780. high Roding, Essex:
post-medieval silver coin pendant (2005 T564)
Date: 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr J Dabreo & Mr M Dabreo
while metal-detecting in summer 2005.
Description: A silver half-tostão of João IV (King of
Portugal 1640–56), weight: 2.80g. Portuguese silver
coinage is not frequently found in England, unlike its
gold issues. This specimen has been pierced as though
to convert it into a pendant or other piece of jewellery.
The coin itself is not particularly well-preserved and is
not of any great visual attractiveness, but the piercing
seems to be aligned in relation to the side carrying
a cross, rather than the arrangement of shields on
the other side (although that, too, is cross-shaped).
Discussion: A number of reasons might explain why
this coin was converted into jewellery. It might simply
have caught the eye as something unusual in an
English context. It might have served as a religious
amulet, with the cross being the important element.
Or it might be a patriotic memento of someone with a
Portuguese connection, since João IV was the first king
after Portugal’s revolt from Spain and restoration of its
independence.
Disposition: Saffron Walden Museum.
B COOK
781. monks Kirby, Warwickshire: post-medieval
silver gilt locket fragment (2005 T565)
Date: Second half of 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr P Devenyi while metaldetecting
in December 2005.
Description: The object consists of a pressed heartshaped
sheet of gilded silver which bears a left-facing
crowned female bust with long dressed hair contained
within an incised border. The bust is flanked by a
vertical engraved inscription: CATHARINA REGINA.
The object is part of a commemorative locket produced
to celebrate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine
of Braganza in 1662.
Disposition: Warwickshire Museum.
W SCOTT
782. Ryther area, North yorkshire:
post-medieval silver reliquary pendant (2006 T399)
Date: Early 17th century
Discovery: Found by Mr J Vickers while metal-detecting
in August 2006.
Description: A hollow reliquary pendant, circular, with
a milled band at the edge joining two discs, and with an
integral suspension loop at the top. On the front there
is a cast image of Christ against the arms of the cross;
on the back, incised image possibly of a young man,
with long hair and ruff in stylised armour.
Length: 23.6mm; width: 5.8mm; weight: 3.45g.
Discussion: The form of the pendant suggests it may
be a reliquary, while the armour and ruff suggest
an early 17th-century date, perhaps documenting
Recusant culture in north Yorkshire at this period.
Disposition: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
783. Flixton, suffolk: 16th-century silver coin
pendant, a pierced and gilded three-halfpence of
Elizabeth I (2006 T40) pAs ID: pAs-8E2A07
Found by Mrs F Crickmore while metal-detecting in
January 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
B COOK
784. york area, North yorkshire: 16th-century
silver-gilt openwork bead (2006 T353)
pAs ID: yoRym-066357
Found by Mr S Tyreman while metal-detecting in May
2006; not Treasure, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
785. bracon Ash, Norfolk: probable 17th-century
silver ribbed bead (2006 T597) pAs ID: Nms-4D26F5
Found by Mr S Clarkson while metal-detecting in March
or April 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
S J ASHLEY
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