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Unique ID: PUBLIC-376B36
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy furniture fitting/ handle, dating to the 17th/ 18th century between AD c. 1650 - 1750. The furniture fitting/ handle is tear drop shaped with a narrow neck at the top and a single lobed protrusion at the bottom of the artefact. The top of the handle is broken but there are two raised linear ridges running across its width directly underneath. There is no other decoration on the artefact and the back is hollow. Overall, the furniture handle is in a worn and corroded condition with some areas of bronze disease on the back and a patchy brown patina. Similar examples are illustrated in Bailey, G, 2001, 'Detector Finds 2', page 17, ref nos 16, 19 & 23.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.52 mm
Width: 16.14 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Tenterden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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