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Unique ID: LON-20DAB5
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy, lion head cloak clasp dating to the 18th - 19th century. The domed circular plate has a flat rim at the front with a prominent forward facing male lion's head. It has a heavy mane. The lion head is concave at the rear. It would have had an attachment loops now missing.
Dimensions: length 27.6mm; width: 24.24mm; weight 10.7g
Similar lion head cloak clasps on the database are LANCUM-87C592 and IOW-8D5FF0.
Class: Cloak clasp
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.6 mm
Width: 24.24 mm
Weight: 10.07 g
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SU2679
Four figure Latitude: 51.5093355
Four figure longitude: -1.62675525
1:25K map: SU2679
1:10K map: SU27NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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