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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SUR-FB3678
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified gold or silver-gilt object. The object is a tiny cylinder with rounded sides. From one side projects a short rod and opposite is a shallow circular recess. Cast decoration comprises foliate shapes.
The purpose is not clear but this may be a fitting for a watch of a pendant. It's date is likely to be 18th or 19th century. It was not therefore submitted under the Treasure Act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 7.65 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-504
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Croydon (London Borough)
Parish or ward: New Addington (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3960
Four figure Latitude: 51.32212841
Four figure longitude: -0.00659748
1:25K map: TQ3960
1:10K map: TQ36SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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