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CUFF LINK
Unique ID: DENO-A6305B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Discoidal, flat, probably machine made, copper alloy cuff link. It is decorated with an off centre bar dividing its diameter, left to right. This bar has three more bars coming off it at right angles to the base, forming four shallow, rectangular cells. The two to the left with extant light blue enamel, the two on the right have no enamel surviving. Above is another large cell, which covers most of the upper half, has an inner decoratively curving edge (running inside the edge of the link) enclosing it. There is evidence of white enamel in this larger cell. The decoration may be heraldic or pseudo-heraldic. On the reverse, little evidence of attachment, apart from a small circular indentation.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.84 g
Diameter: 13.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th September 2017 - Thursday 14th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8624
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Cotgrave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6434
Four figure Latitude: 52.89964067
Four figure longitude: -1.05001308
1:25K map: SK6434
1:10K map: SK63SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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