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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: BH-1B9511
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy drawer handle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1700-1800). The handle is broadly trefoil in shape and would have had a rectangular suspension loop which is now broken and missing. The pull or handle is decorated with a central moulded head, possibly of a cherub, with an extended neck connecting to a body at the base with wings either side which is surrounded by scrolls. The underside is flat and undecorated, with a square-sectioned iron rivet in the centre. The handle would have been attached to a similarly decorated escutcheon that would have attached to the drawer of a chest or bureau. The drawer handle is 36mm in length, 43mm in width, 4mm thick and weighs 12.64 grams.
Read (1988, p. 203, no. 1423) illustrates a similar cherub, stem and wings motif on an 18th century drawer handle, while similar examples are is also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database from Hampshire (SUSS-2C730C) and Cornwall (CORN-5D2E58).
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: 36 mm
Width: 43 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 12.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: St. Albans (District)
Parish or ward: Redbourn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1112
Four figure Latitude: 51.79564479
Four figure longitude: -0.39183513
1:25K map: TL1112
1:10K map: TL11SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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