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1884.79.46.1

5 fragments [.1-.5] of a silver gilt fibula with 'drake's head' and turned embossed designs.

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1884.79.46.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
5 fragments [.1-.5] of a silver gilt fibula with 'drake's head' and turned embossed designs.
Long description
Fragments [.1-.5] of a large silver gilt fibula with 'drake's head' and turned embossed designs, the hinge plate edged with punched angles and dotted circles, in a box. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/12/2004]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Anglo-Saxon
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Silver Gilt Metal, Material Gilt Metal, Process Embossed, Process Punched
Dimensions
Length: max 72 mm total, Width 23 mm, Weight 27 g, Depth 11 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.79.46.1 Accession number: 1884.79.46.2 Accession number: 1884.79.46.3 Accession number: 1884.79.46.4 Accession number: 1884.79.46.5
Research and responses

Related Documents File - RDF contains notes found in a drawer with museum specimens in January 1991. They seem to be notes made by ES Thomas when cataloguing this section of the Pitt Rivers Collection. [The notes cover all objects in the 1884.79. section] [LM]

Between 2005 - 2007 a survey of metalwork in the PRM was undertaken by Gali Beiner, a conservator in the Museum. As part of this study 77 objects were analysed using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) providing a qualitative non destructive analysis of the alloy composition. This object was one of those analysed, the results showed the the object to be silver (Ag), with some areas of the surface also having gold (Au) and mercury (Hg) present - possibly suggesting the object was fire-gilded. A copy of the analysis and report is held in conservation [GB 23/8/2007; MN 27/10/2009]

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