2024-03-29T13:19:45+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results1120Cheshire East1Unitary AuthorityCastMODERN1Metal detectorLVPL-FE4801.jpg435532014Centred on parishFair1121461PM9.82Unitary AuthorityCertain4LVPL435531800Restricted Accessx410472651640315.5Cheshire East106272015-01-09T14:26:42ZReturned to finderNorth WestCirca
One half of a pair of copper alloy nut crackers, of Late Post Medieval to Early A Modern dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
When complete the nutcrackers would have consisted of two complete arms, joined at a single point hinge. The remaining arm tapers gently from the hinge down towards an acorn shaped molded terminal. The object is semi-circular in cross-section and the outer face is decorated by three sets of paired horizontal ribs. Below this the arm is plain until the acorn molding. The inner face has multiple horizontal ridges which would have prevented the nut from slipping. The object has a smooth mid green patina but is corroded in places.
A complete example of this type which can be found on the PAS database is Gilmore, T (2014) WMID-D15D81 A POST MEDIEVAL NUT CRACKERS Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596003.
Vanessa Oakden92.747SandbachLVPL-FE50126593431MODERNNUT CRACKERSRestricted Accessfinds-659343119.2210LVPL-FE4801Complete1600images/voakden/1500263PAS54AFE48000110F42015-01-09T14:24:00ZCertainx4104712014-12-01T00:00:00Z411POST MEDIEVALCopper alloy41431PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:12.429Z