Museum reports on historical finds in the Vale
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THE National Museum of Wales has released details of treasure finds in recent years, and some were dicsovered in the Vale of Glamorgan.
In June 2019, a medieval silver annular brooch (Treasure Case 19.40) was discovered by Keith Thomas while metal-detecting in a field in Penllyn. The small circular brooch, with a decorated pin, dates to the thirteenth or early fourteenth century. These small personal dress items were used to secure items of clothing. Similar examples have been reported as treasure from across Wales in recent years.
Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Wales hopes to acquire this brooch, following its independent valuation by the Treasure Valuation Committee.
Also, a matching pair of Tudor silver-gilt dress-hooks were discovered in neighbouring fields in Llanharan by Jeff Nicholas (Treasure Case 19.37) and Brian Reynolds (Treasure Case 19.31) during a metal-detecting rally held in May 2019. These small dress items have an ornate three petal design, with three decorated pellets, each with a hook soldered onto their back. Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Wales hopes to acquire this pair of treasure finds, following their independent valuation by the Treasure Valuation Committee.
Dr Mark Redknap, deputy head of Archaeology Collections and Research at Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Wales, said: “It was only with the introduction of the Treasure Act 1996 that Tudor dress fittings such as the silver gilt dress-hooks from Llanharan started to be increasingly recognised from Wales. This matching pair of dress hooks belong to a form of accessory used to hitch up the fronts of long dresses popular in the 16th Century.
“They are significant as such items tend to be found as isolated finds, such as those found at Llandow in the Vale of Glamorgan and Llanhennock, Monmouthshire. The prompt reporting of the Llanharan dress hooks by their finders has added fresh evidence for personal identity expressed through fashionable dress in Tudor Wales.”
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