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VESSEL
Unique ID: LON-5A7DEB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval ceramic rim sherd from a tin-glazed earthernware vessel dating to the late 17th century. This vessel has an upright rim and the external surface is decorated with a yellow border and below that either a floral or figurative pattern. The yellow border is further decorated with painted triangles above and diagonal lines below a painted blue or black stripe. The detail of the floral or figurative pattern is difficult to decipher, there is a curving element ending in an elaborate terminal that may be the head of a beast or it might be plant. The detail is painted in a dark coloured paint with patches of yellow highlighting areas. The inner glazed surface is now an irregular blue colour but that might be due to Thames staining.
Roy Stephenson notes this fine vessel might be German in origin and almost certainly dates to the late 17th century,
Dimensions: weight: 2.64g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.64 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Dowgate (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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