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Description: | A complete, Post-Medieval, cast, copper alloy, probable decorative furniture fitting. Roughly circular, flat or slightly convex shape with a small central hole, probable drawer handle backing plate or similar. Crude 'long-cross' design with pellets in each angle and a raised border, with a flat, plain back. Signs of some wear, a rusty patch in the central area from an iron drawer handle, otherwise a matt, green patina. This is likely to date from 1690-1750.Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 15-21, no. 9,13,15,20,51,52 or 65, Domestic Metal Work 1640-1820, Rupert Gentle & Rachael Field, Antiques Collector Club 1994, page 117 & 382, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Greenlight Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 202 no. 1422 and Norwich Households, Medieval-Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978, Sue Margeson, East Anglian Archaeology 1993, page 78-80. The fitting is 23.59mm long, 22.73mm wide, 2.36mm thick, diameter 23.59 and weighs 3.9g.
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