Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-229F8E
Object type certainty: Certain
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Sheet copper alloy brooch in the form of a violin with a pressed front plate and a flat back plate so that it is hollow inside. There is a hinge on the back plate which still retains its spindle which would have held the pin. The pin would have been clasped at the opposite end, at the base of the violin, where there is now just an attachment hole, 2 mm in diameter, for the clasp, so that the brooch could be pinned to clothing. Similar examples of brooches in the form of a violin in silver and gold can be found on the internet, and are dated from the Victorian period.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Exactly AD 1900
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.4 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.15 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th April 2015 - Thursday 16th April 2015
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4 Figure: SW5538
Four figure Latitude: 50.19122015
Four figure longitude: -5.43383351
1:25K map: SW5538
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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