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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: IOW-67F5DB
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval or Modern copper-alloy cufflink element (c. 1898-c. 1950).
The element is oval in plan, flat at the front with a soldered attachment loop at the rear. The front has an engraved (or perhaps cast) depiction of a ciborium or chalice which is cross-hatched and beaded. The lid is surmounted by a cross. At the front there is a zigzag border at the edge of the element.
Length: 16.6mm; width: 12.4mm; thickness: 1.3mm; thickness including loop: 5.7mm. Weight: 1.46g.
This object is white metal coated at the front and may be silver.
Notes:
The cufflink may have belonged to a member of the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary who served at an Anglican Communion Service (pers. comm. Mrs Vanessa Crookes, 25/10/2016).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_of_Servants_of_the_Sanctuary
Accessed 26/10/2016.
Class: Element
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1898
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.6 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th October 2016 - Sunday 9th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-2-284
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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