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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: ESS-142931
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One element of a copper alloy cuff link dating to the Post Medieval period (1660-1750 AD). One half of the cuff link remains, the other has been lost in antiquity, The element is circular with integral perforated lug on the reverse. The face is decorated with two hearts, surmounted by a crown, on a field comprising a grid of tiny punched dots. The design sits within a raised border and stepped outside edge. This device has been associated with Charles II 's restoration in 1660 or his marriage to Catherine of Braganza in 1662, See Read (2008), Metal Buttons c.900BC-c.AD1700, page 98, no. 388.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Monday 31st December 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7708
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Ramsey and Parkeston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2229
Four figure Latitude: 51.91525434
Four figure longitude: 1.22658198
1:25K map: TM2229
1:10K map: TM22NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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