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SCISSORS
Unique ID: LANCUM-D286DF
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possibly the central hinge/swivel fragment of a pair of sewing scissors, dating from the post-medieval period, c. 16th-18th century. The fragment is very worn and the breaks are almost unrecognisable. The way the fragment is shaped - with one slightly more domed/bulbous obverse and a fairly flat reverse, it may be been set against another, identical piece, with a small axis rod or pin holding them together.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Silloth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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