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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LVPL-9F3181
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver artefact comprising a bar with three thistle heads spaced at even intervals.
The purpose of this object is unclear. Something may have been attached to the bar between the thistle ornaments and turned around it.
Given that we are unaware of its function, it is very difficult to date. So possibly later than 1710. As the find cannot be securely dated to pre-1710 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Dora Thornton
Curator of Renaissance Collections
Department of Prehistory and Europe
The British Museum
TREASURE 2010-T174.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T174
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1709
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.4 mm
Width: 5.47 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2010T174
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Marbury-cum-Quoisley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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