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NUT CRACKERS
Unique ID: WMID-D15D81
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete pair of copper alloy nut crackers, of Late Post Medieval to Early Modern dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
The nutcrackers consist of two complete arms, joined at a single point hinge. Both arm taper gently from the hinge down towards an acorn shaped molded terminal (on one arm); a flat disc terminal on the other. In profile the arm is bent inwards slightly. The outer face is decorated by three sets of paired horizontal ribs, and its cross section is semi circular. Below this the arm is plain until the acorn molding. The inner face has multiple horizontal ridges. The nutcrackers have fused at an angle of around 45%.
It measures 94.8 mm in length, 18.1 mm wide and 10.2 mm thick. It weighs 33.4 grams.
Several similar nut crackers have been recorded on the PAS database, including BH-197503 from Hertfordshire and WMID-839181 from Buckinghamshire.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 94.8 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 33.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 4th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Staffordshire Moorlands (District)
Parish or ward: Cheadle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ9943
Four figure Latitude: 52.98433906
Four figure longitude: -2.01634326
1:25K map: SJ9943
1:10K map: SJ94SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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