A curved section of gilt copper-alloy, from Torksey

An image of Fragment. A curved section of gilt copper-alloy. It is square in cross-section and is broken at both ends. It has been worked as each of the four faces are flat and the vertices have been hammered into small flat surfaces as well. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. 500-1500. Medieval.

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Fragment. A curved section of gilt copper-alloy. It is square in cross-section and is broken at both ends. It has been worked as each of the four faces are flat and the vertices have been hammered into small flat surfaces as well. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. 500-1500. Medieval.

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Accession Number: CM.595-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 510 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 322.79kB
Exposure time: 1/25
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:11:15 13:18:15

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copper alloy copper gilt curved Early Medieval Fitz_CM fragment gilded gilding gilt gold (colour) Medieval section Torksey

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