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CANDLE HOLDER
Unique ID: SWYOR-F79AA2
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast lead alloy artefact, possibly a candle holder of Post-Medieval date, AD 1500 - 1800, or even later. The object could also be a vessel spout or a ferrule.
The remaining portion of tube is broken at both ends, is cylindrical and tapers slightly. There is a slightly raised ridge around the interior surface, close to the narrower end.
The outside is decorated with three moulded, circumferential ridges spaced equidistantly. The central ridge is broad; the flanking ridges are narrower. Between the ridges is a floral design of shield shaped leaves, each leaf with a central rib and a number of angled veins from the rib to the edge. The base of all these leaves meets the broad, central rib, resulting in the rows of leaves being mirror images of each other. There appears to be no decoration on the small portion of metal surviving outside the narrower ridge at the broad end of the cylinder. The fragment has a patchy, cream coloured patina. It is 32.4mm long and 23.7mm in diameter. It weighs 28.01gm.
Though no exact parallel has been found yet, the shape and style is similar to other lead alloy candlesticks such as CORN-F86F80 and YORYM-215DD0.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.4 mm
Weight: 28.01 g
Diameter: 23.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th September 2014 - Sunday 28th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2381
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Leaf
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Beeford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1356
Four figure Latitude: 53.98769979
Four figure longitude: -0.27808157
1:25K map: TA1356
1:10K map: TA15NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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