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NLM4493: Cloak Fastener. 4493

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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: NLM4493

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Large, oval, with decoration in blue, white and black enamel, large and wide hook bent forwards.

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Drawing ref. added.

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 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.3 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 8.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th April 1999

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM1952

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral

Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE MARSTON

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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