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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: DUR-703A30
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy object of uncertain function, Post Medieval in date.
It is incomplete having broken at the lower end. It consists of a sub-rectangluar lower section which is slightly concave on both faces. At the top is a figure, possibly a long-necked bird which appears to be sat down. Detail picks out a possible beak and eye and also the tail. The design is the same on both faces.
This is an unusual item and could be some sort of furniture decoration or possibly a personal item.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.55 mm
Width: 9.04 mm
Thickness: 3.01 mm
Weight: 8.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd January 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Sherburn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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Teresa Gilmore wrote @ 11:51:33 on the 9th August 2012.
Could this be a post medieval paper knife / letter opener?
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