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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-122E5A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy furniture fitting. Cast concavo-convex hollow half round handle from a drawer, with bulbous baluster shaped body decorated with two pairs of incised or machine scribed grooves and a pointed knop; a rectangular tab for attachment is broken. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Length: 44.8mm, Width: 20.3mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 10.38gms.
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.8 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 10.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26528a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Blyton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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