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Object Type: chain
Museum number: 1967,1208.5
Description: Chain; gold; composed of two small roundels joined to form figure eight.
Cultures/periods: Late Medieval
Production date: 1400-1464
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Fishpool (Fishpool hoard)
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Length: 313 millimetres; Width: 5.70 millimetres (approx.)
Bibliographic references: Hinton 2005 / Gold & Gilt, Pots & Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain (p.243;fig8.6); Tait 1986a / Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery (no328 a, b); Hinton 1982 / Medieval Jewellery (pl44); Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years (no270 a); Cherry 1973 / The Medieval Jewellery from the Fishpool Hoard; Archibald 1967 / Fishpool, Blidworth (Notts.) 1966 Hoard: Interim Report
Location: On display (G40/dc1)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2015 1 Jun- 31 Aug, Durham, Palace Green Library, Magna Carta and the Changing Face of Revolt. 2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
Acquisition name: Treasure Trove: HM Treasury; From: D Welham; From: B Beeton; From: M S Blythe; From: F Craughwell; From: F Flint; From: A W Martin
Acquisition date: 1967
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1967,1208.5
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Jul 2003

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