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Unique ID: PUBLIC-00DD77
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval lead/tin alloy cuff link, dating late 17th - mid 18th century. The cuff link is discoidal with a concave front and convex back. There is an inset, faceted light-pink glass stone set within the cuff link. The lead alloy section has been decoratively cast with a beaded rim and two linear grooves below. A circular-section simple looped shank has been cast integrally on the back of the cuff link. The link and other fastener which would comprise this cufflink are missing.
Read (2005:99, no. 391 & 392) illustrate very similar examples, although they vary in the colour of the glass, the construction and decoration is the same. Read suggests a date range of late 17th - mid 18th century and notes examples are also known in silver and gold. A similar example is also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database LON-CD52E3, LON-8F5334, LON-B97211
Dimensions: diameter: 13.78mm; thickness: 11.77mm; weight: 3.52g
Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1775
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 11.77 mm
Weight: 3.52 g
Diameter: 13.78 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th June 2016
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TQ3480
Four figure Latitude: 51.50305749
Four figure longitude: -0.07075664
1:25K map: TQ3480
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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