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KEY (LOCKING)

Unique ID: NMGW354

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy watch key fragment decorated with neo-classical designs of reclining individuals. The fragment is worn and no trace of gilding, if it existed, remains. Watch-keys normally hung from a fob chain. Certainly eighteen or nineteenth century in date, possibly an example of a mid-eighteenth century cranked type of watch key.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Watch key

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1750
Date to: Ante AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA: 2000.146.3

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0573
Four figure Latitude: 51.44799023
Four figure longitude: -3.36844838
1:25K map: ST0573
1:10K map: ST07SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Returned to finder
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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