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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-C7C2B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast silver shoe or breech buckle of 18th century date, now broken into three pieces. The buckle has cast spiralling decoration in four opposing groups on the frame.
The marks are a lion and the initials WH opposite. The initials may be those of the maker William Hunter (c1739-40).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1730
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 30 mm
Weight: 5.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-755
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Godstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3746
Four figure Latitude: 51.196801
Four figure longitude: -0.040638
1:25K map: TQ3746
1:10K map: TQ34NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland | Antique Collectors Club |
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