File:Post-medieval to modern nutcracker (FindID 457578).jpg

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Post-medieval to modern nutcracker
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Richard Henry, 2011-08-10 10:26:32
Title
Post-medieval to modern nutcracker
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy nut cracker arm of Post-medieval to early Modern date. The dating from the early modern period, c. 1700-1900 AD. The single point hinge survives, the receiving hinge would have been on the missing arm. The hinge has traces of iron corrosion. The arm tapers gently from the hinge down towards an acorn shaped molded terminal, in profile the arm is bent outwards slightly. The outer face is decorated with a nine vertical incisions, below this the arm is plain until the acorn molding. The inner face has eleven vertical incisions which run along the arm immediately below the hinge, below this the arm is plain

The artefact is 99.25mm in length, 9.45mm in width, 12.4mm thick at the hinge and weighs 23.5 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Worcestershire
Date between 1700 and 1900
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 457578
Old ref: WAW-24E2E0
Filename: WAW-24E2E0.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/340747
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/340747/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/457578
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Object location52° 21′ 27″ N, 1° 56′ 29.47″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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