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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-421E08
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy furniture fragment. A cast curved D-section handle, expanded at one end where opposed lugs may have permitted it to move in a single plane. The convex side of the object bears a central band of moulded cabled decoration. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Length: 55.8mm, Width (at lugs): 25.9mm, Thickness: 10.3mm, Weight: 34.30gms
Class: Handle
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.8 mm
Width: 25.9 mm
Thickness: 10.3 mm
Weight: 34.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37977
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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