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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: IOW-FBFB96
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval sheet silver cuff link element (1720-1800).
The single cuff link element is octagonal in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The edges are down-turned at an angle of about 80°.There is an engraved octagonal border with slightly scalloped sides. In the centre is a rose with four main petals alternately with four smaller petals or calyx. The centre of the flower is circular and cross-hatched.
Diameter: 14.9mm; thickness: 5.0mm. Weight: 1.56g.
The element is a silvery grey.
Similar cuff link elements have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: IOW-4A7C02; IOW-FBD221; LON-427394; LON-BAD6E2; SUSS-F91492; WILT-323F27 and WMID-F97DF7.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1720
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 1.56 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-106
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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