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NUT CRACKERS
Unique ID: WREX-7D82E8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Complete copper alloy post-medieval nutcrackers fragment dating 1700-1800. A pair of handles meeting at a hinge where the slotted end of one arm retains the lug at the end of the other. The jaws are of trapezoid section with four rows of hand-stamped triangular indentations to grip the nut. The midpoint of the handles have moulded decoration. The lower part of the handles are a curving concavo-convex D section arm tapering towards an everted blunt point.
Length: 101.76mm width: 34.38mm; thickness: 12.09mm; weight: 60.4g
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 101.76 mm
Width: 34.38 mm
Thickness: 12.09 mm
Weight: 60.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2018 - Friday 8th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wrexham Museum Entry form No. 1360
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Halkyn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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