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Unique ID: DENO-A3BBC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead-alloy, probaby pewter, probable tobacco jar lid handle in the form of a human head dating from the late Post-Medieval period. The head is three dimensional and appears solid and is in the form of a human male of African ethnicity. It has a rounded face with a wide flattened nose and thick lips, a short 'bowl-cut' hairstyle or hat, has elongated ears and as an oval-sectioned neck which flares out slightly to the point at which it is broken. The underside of the neck break has the trace of a central shaft which would have secured it to the lid or other item which it may have adorned.
See IOW-B47783 for a similar example.
Lead boxes, with ornamental lids were used during the Late 17th to 18th Centuries to keep tobacco moist. It is likely that this form of tobacco jar was popular into the late 18th century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Height: 34.5 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 23.7 mm
Weight: 78.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th March 2014
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Other reference: DENO ENQ50
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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