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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: IOW-F01D15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval silver cufflink (c. 1700-c. 1800). One disc is missing. The surviving disc is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front an engraved flower motif is cross-hatched at its centre. At the rear there is a soldered silver wire loop. This loop retains a free running elongated silver wire loop which joined the two discs together. It has a break at one end. The loop is 18.9mm in length, 7.4mm in width and the wire has a diameter of 1.2mm. There is an indeterminate maker's mark on the elongated loop. The front of the disc is worn. Diameter of disc: 17.7mm; thickness (including loop): 4.9mm. Weight: 2.94g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 2.94 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-2-34
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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