BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-B26AF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and shell.
Probable Brooch fragment, from costume jewellery. Rectangular frame of pressed metal of thickness 0.6mm with a hollow cylindrical knop at each end, and with three rings of diameter 4mm attached to its lower bar; the latter presumably attached either further decorative pendant elements (now lost), or perhaps the means of attachment. A pair of tiny sheet metal straps secure a rectangular sheet of semi-translucent shell of thickness 0.7mm to the front of the brooch. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1960.
Length: 38.3mm, Width: 8.2mm, Thickness (overall): 3.7mm, Weight: 1.70gms.
Class: Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN
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Date from: Circa AD 1900
Date to: Circa AD 1960
Dimensions and weight
Length: 38.3 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Martin
Foreman
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Identified by: Mr Martin
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM17722
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Other [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: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
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Created:
Friday 17th June 2011
Updated: Wednesday 7th September 2011
