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CURTAIN FITTING
Unique ID: WMID-E0D678
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy ring or loop which functioned as a curtain fitting, of Post Medieval dating (15th to 17th Centuries AD).
It is sub-circular in shape with a rectangular cross section with bevelled edges. In profile the loop is flat.
It measures 26.9 mm external diameter, 18.1 mm internal diameter and 3.3 mm thick. The ring is 4.6 mm wide. It weighs 6.1 grams.
The curtain fitting is a dark green colour, with an even surface patina.
Similar rings are illustrated in Margeson (1993, p. 82, Fig 47, #522-524). Margeson describes them as being suspension rings which were probably multi-functional, including curtain rings. The three excavated from Norwich (No. 522-524) date from the mid 15th to mid 17th century. Egan (pers comm) suggested they date from the 14th to 18th century and there is evidence they were used as curtain rings.
References:
Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58 / Norwich Survey.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.6 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Diameter: 26.9 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Smallwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ8060
Four figure Latitude: 53.13677487
Four figure longitude: -2.30040802
1:25K map: SJ8060
1:10K map: SJ86SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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