SCISSORS
Unique ID: NCL-198262
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy finger loop terminal from a small pair of scissors dating from the post-Medieval period. The handle is plain, egg shape in plan and D shaped in section with the exterior surface flat and interior curved. At the tip of the narrower end are the remains of the shank which is rectangular in section. This represents the break of the loop from the scissors, this break has been smoothed. In appearance this is very similar to a medieval stirrup-shaped finger ring. It is possible that it may have been reused as such but without a setting.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1.73 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 24.38 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Robert
Collins
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Identified by: Miss Hannah
Farnaby - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Hambleton
Parish: Kirkby Fleetham With Fencote
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2994
Four figure Latitude: 54.340735 Four figure longitude: -1.555452
1:25K map: SE2994
1:10K map: SE29SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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Created:
Wednesday 6th May 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
