NARC-183567: Possible Early Modern Powder Flask of Lead Alloy

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POWDER FLASK

Unique ID: NARC-183567

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A lightweight, lead alloy vessel of postmedieval to modern date, made up of two decorated pieces of sheet metal. It features intricate (possibly machine-stamped)floral ornament, and has a loop at the tope for suspension. It is possible that the object is the remains of a powder flask, but this is uncertain. The object measures 59.6mm x 32.4mm, and each sheet is 0.6mm thick. It weighs 9g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59.6 mm
Width: 32.4 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th January 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6063
Four figure Latitude: 52.261901
Four figure longitude: -1.122306
1:25K map: SP6063
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Clare wrote @ 16:56:13 on the 29th March 2011.
I am most interested in this find as my family found a similar piece in the Cambridgeshire Fens along a driftway between Cottenham Chittering and Wilburton . The site was that of an old pub or tap-room originally called the Blue Donkey and later owned by the family of the founder of fen evangelism, Martin Wyatt. Our piece is of similar metal, also greensih in appearance with a similarly delicate design but of a hare and a pheasant hung up by a chain for curing. There are 2 small holes at the base which are not part fo the design and could have been caused by shot! The flask is in two halves like this one and pear-shaped.

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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