Find Spot record 0232300005 - HILLESDEN, CHURCH END

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Fourteenth century casket fitting found by chance

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Fragment of Copper Alloy decorated with two female heads (B3).
Detail in the headdresses suggest that they show the crespine or hairnet and the fillett or headband which were fashionable through the fourteenth century. Form part of a decorative fitting from a casket (B1).
Similar example from Lower Brook Street, Winchester (B2).
Photographs filed at SMR CAS 02323.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19787 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museam. 26-Nov-1996. BUCKINHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEAM IDENTIFICATION SERVICE NOTES.
  • <2>SBC19788 Bibliographic reference: Cecil Willett and Phillis Cunnington. 1952. Handbook of English Medieval Costume. p95.
  • <3>SBC19802 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 12-NOV-1996. MICHAEL FARLEY NOTES.

Location

Grid reference SP 68306 29232 (point)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • FURNITURE FITTING (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 1:46PM

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