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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-AE97FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy furniture fitting: an elaborate sexfoil handle escutcheon with a central circular perforation (diameter 5mm). The moulded design is a more complex version of that on Read 2001 nos. 271-2, and is very close to that on CORN-C88450 and IOW-99C633. Diameter 32.5mm. Thickness 1.8mm. Late 17th - 18th century.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 2015 - Monday 30th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60349
Other reference: ECKC022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0102
Four figure Latitude: 52.57864979
Four figure longitude: 0.96509525
1:25K map: TG0102
1:10K map: TG00SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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