FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-C77D64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval furniture fitting: handle escutcheon with central sub-square aperture, and four attachment holes, two in lateral lobes and two in terminal lobes, of which one is shell-shaped. Hooked projection at each corner. On the front surface a symmetrical arrangement of recessed shapes have irregularly bases, as if for the keying of enamel, but there is no sign of such. 94 x 41mm. Thickness 2mm. 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Length: 94 mm
Width: 41 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2007
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Ellen
Bales
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Identified by: Dr Andrew
Rogerson - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Waveney
To be known as: Beccles
Spatial coordinates
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Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
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Created:
Monday 22nd October 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
