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NUT CRACKERS
Unique ID: CORN-61C0E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete arm of a cast copper alloy nut cracker with a curved handle, semi-circular in section, and turned arm, round in section, consisting of five transverse moulded ribs that are 1 mm in thickness, and terminating in a collar, that is 3 mm in thickness. Beyond the collar there is a break where the arm would have continued and this pattern would have repeated before the arm tapered towards the crushing box for the nut. The box would have been made up of two chamfered levers held by a circular hinge with a cylindrical pin. The arm has patches of black lacquer remaining which would have coated the copper alloy and protected it from corrosion.
Walker (1994) illustrates similar examples of nutcrackers on page 138, which are dated from the Victorian period.
Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar nutcracker with bowed handles and turned collars on page 41, no.5, which is dated from the late 18th century.
See record CORN-F3E887 for a similar nutcracker.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 12.95 g
Diameter: 7.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th September 2016 - Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Black coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9565
Four figure Latitude: 52.24861669
Four figure longitude: 0.85511412
1:25K map: TL9565
1:10K map: TL96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1993 | Detector Finds 2 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 41 | no.5 | |
| Walker, P. | 1994 | The Victorian Catalogue of Tools for Trades and Crafts | London | Studio Editions Ltd. | 138 |
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