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DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Unique ID: SWYOR-EA9CB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
British Museum report:
"Gilt-metal slide, hollow, with two raised longitudinal ridges containing running foliate scrolls. The form, metal and design of this object suggest an early 20th Century date. This dating means that the object does not qualify as treasure under the 1996 Act. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum"
Class: Accessory
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T69
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1900
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th January 2007
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2007T69
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Stapleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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