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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-C4D027
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy furniture mount, about one half surviving, flat, with part a keyhole. Decoration has been effected with engraved lines and punched crescents and annulets, and two concentric moulded grooves surround the keyhole. The symmetrical form was probably a quatrefoil. The edges are chamfered on the front face. Extant height 36mm. Estimated width 50mm. Thickness 1mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 36 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014 - Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58480
Other reference: E18742
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: North Tuddenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0414
Four figure Latitude: 52.68526118
Four figure longitude: 1.01671166
1:25K map: TG0414
1:10K map: TG01SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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