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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: SF-4CC443
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy box catch of Post-medieval date. Both parts are shield shaped and flat in section. One side is slightly longer than the other, both have two circular holes in the edge and the longer has a third hole centred above these and a knop on the end. The shorter side has three circular holes for separately cast rivets which are present. These would have attached the catch, probably to a box. The longer side has a single circular hole for a separately cast rivet which is present towards the joint. This holds in place a piece of pointed circular wire which has been bent into a hook. This falls behind the middle hole and would most likely have been fed through a loop to fix something in place, probably a box lid. It measures 33.26mm in length, 16.51mm in width, 5.19mm in thickness and weighs 7.47g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.26 mm
Width: 16.51 mm
Thickness: 5.19 mm
Weight: 7.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th December 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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