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CUTLERY
Unique ID: NMS-39DB86
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete iron and copper alloy handle from an item of cutlery, probably a knife, dating to the period c. AD 1650 - 1850. It consists of a central iron tang, now heavily corroded, sandwiched between two covex sheet copper alloy plates. The plates exhibit a scrolling foliate design in low relief. Each plate is held in place by two rivets spaced evenly along the surviving length. The tang and both plates all termnate in old breaks.
See also: BH-C67493.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.8 mm
Width: 11.2 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th June 2018 - Saturday 9th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62262
Other reference: NHRG062018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Kenninghall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0585
Four figure Latitude: 52.42454153
Four figure longitude: 1.01357979
1:25K map: TM0585
1:10K map: TM08NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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