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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: WMID-FD7081
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver cuff link element or probable button, of Early Modern dating (Late 18th to 19th Centuries AD).
The cuff link element is circular in plan, with bevelled edges. The front has been decorated with a central ring and dot design. The edge has been rolled over to form a ridge. The reverse is concave with a rectangular attachment loop located centrally.
It has a diameter of 12.04 mm in diameter, 4.56 mm thick and the metal is 0.71 mm thick. It weighs 0.9 g.
As the cuff link is less than 300 years in age, it is not considered to be classified under the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996 and does not need to be declared as potential Treasure.
Class: element
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.56 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 12.04 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th April 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Crick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6171
Four figure Latitude: 52.333704
Four figure longitude: -1.10621
1:25K map: SP6171
1:10K map: SP67SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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