Record ID: LVPL-6B7F72 - POST MEDIEVAL nut crackers

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NUT CRACKERS

Unique ID: LVPL-6B7F72

Object type certainty: Certain

An incomplete cast copper alloy nut crackers dating to the late Post-Medieval to the early Modern period. The object consists of one arm of a nut crackers. The single point hinge survives, the receiving hinge would have been on the missing arm. The arm is circular in section, and then flattens out into a D-shaped section. The arm terminates in a break and would have curved outwards to meet the opposite arm. The rectangular part of the arm is decorated with three ring-and-dot decorations on the top and either side. The interior of the hinge has triangular shaped indentations to grip and break the nut.

Similar examples which can be found on the database are WAW-24E2E0 and SWYOR-EE9E14.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Length: 89.99 mm
Width: 14.11 mm
Thickness: 6.61 mm
Weight: 19.1 g
Quantity: 1

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]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cheshire
District: Chester
To be known as: Mollington

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Vanessa Oakden - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Vanessa Oakden - [view all attributed records]

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