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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: DUR-8F869B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver cufflink of Post-Medieval date (AD 1662-1700).
The object consists of a circular pressed disk with a flat upper and concave reverse. The upper surface is decorated with two crowned hearts (Lewis form 1, type A). The reverse of the object has a central, projecting spur which would have comprised the lower aspect of the attachment loop, this is now broken and heavily abraded with iron corrosion adhering to its surface.
Cufflinks and buttons with this design are considered to have originally been produced to commemorate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza (1662), but continued to be used as a general symbol of love and/or marriage (Lewis 2013)
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: Unique ID: CORN-E03FA2, Unique ID: LVPL-34447E, Unique ID: IOW-9707F5.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T754
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1662
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.97 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 13.73 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2014T754
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skerne and Wansford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0555
Four figure Latitude: 53.98040114
Four figure longitude: -0.40038257
1:25K map: TA0555
1:10K map: TA05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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