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SKIRT

Unique ID: SF7885

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Published

A possible Post Medieval to Modern copper-alloy skirt lifter or chatelaine dating to circa AD 1800-1900. 86 mm long. The handle is cylindrical, 3 mm in diameter, and at one end is a small sub-rectangular scoop measuring 7 x 13 mm. This is not set perfectly symmetrically on the handle and may be damaged. At the back of the scoop the bottom of the handle is decorated with a single transverse groove. At the top of the handle, one side has been cut away or hammered down to produce a flattened, slightly expanded area. This is now incomplete, having broken across a circular perforation; the surviving dimensions are 6 x 8 mm. The object has a matt brown patina and there are traces of faint longitudinal ridges or striations. Similar examples include SWYOR-23F084; SWYOR-23F084.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: AD 1800
Date to: AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 86 mm
Width: 7 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 6.54 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: HITCHAM

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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