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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUR-8444B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy drop handle from a late medieval vessel such as a bowl or perhaps chafing dish. The handle is three-sided and has a projecting acorn-like knop at its two corners. On the surviving end of the handle is one of a pair of separate zoomorphic dog's head-like attachments which secured the handle to the fittings on the bowl.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.51 mm
Width: 30.18 mm
Weight: 25.68 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-405
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Beech Hill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6964
Four figure Latitude: 51.37087642
Four figure longitude: -1.01015041
1:25K map: SU6964
1:10K map: SU66SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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