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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: ESS-81B030
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Modern silver cuff link element or button. It is in the form of a flower formed of a central circular recess, surrounded by eight smaller ciruclar recesses of which only five survive. Each of the outer recesses are surrouned by a narrow ropework border. The recesses are likely to have contained glass, gem or paste settings. The reverse has two incomplete projections which would have formed an attachment loop.
It is 15.68mm in diameter, 2.29mm thick and weighs 0.5 grams.
The find is less than 300 years old, and as such does not need to be reported as potential Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act (1996)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 15.68 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester OEF 6903
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Hatfield Broad Oak (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5516
Four figure Latitude: 51.82113
Four figure longitude: 0.247525
1:25K map: TL5516
1:10K map: TL51NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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