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NUT CRACKERS
Unique ID: NLM-25C1CE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy nutcrackers fragment. One complete arm and the top of its counterpart as far as the end of the jaws, from a pair of nut-crackers - though Dr Kevin Leahy advises that similar tools were used at table for cracking shellfish claws. The arm is of a bevelled biconvex section with a graceful curve towards the end of the handle. The thickness, at 10mm, might hint at design according to the metric system introduced to Europe under Napoleon c.1800, and latterly adopted by industry elsewhere. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900
Length: 93.3mm, Width: 15.5mm, Thickness: 10mm, Weight: 27.76gms
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 93.3 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 27.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Owston Ferry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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