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FIGURINE
Unique ID: WREX-B12F26
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete post-medieval figure of a lead alloy figure of a woman dating c. 1550-1650AD. The figure is solid, with the exception of a small indentation in the base. She is wearing a long dress and has her hands on her hips with her elbows bent. The head has been bent backwards slightly. The dress is decorated with pellets on the bodice and on the front and back panels of the skirt.
Length: 64.3mm; width: 25.1mm; thickness: 14.8mm; weight: 849.2g
Notes:
An almost identical example is recorded on the database as record LVPL-834150. The new example is almost certainly from the same mould.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.3 mm
Width: 25.1 mm
Thickness: 14.8 mm
Weight: 849.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th August 2019 - Friday 8th November 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 191108/2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Saighton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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