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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: WMID-F38271
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid knop of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
The knop is broadly sub circular in plan and irregular in profile. The central knop / lid is broadly decorated as a flower. It has a central raised boss, located within a circle. A series of radiating lentoid shaped petals extend away from the circle. It is likely that these were originally coated with a surface which has since decayed. The neck below the knop of the lid becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of the rivet protruding out from underneath.
It measures 19.6 mm in length, 19.1 mm wide and is 14.8 mm thick. It weighs 11.4 g.
The artefact is in a worn but fair condition, with an even off white / grey patina across the surface. The edges exhibit signs of abrasion.
Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep moist tobacco inside. It is likely that this form of tobacco jar is popular into the late 18th century. Several others from Shropshire and Staffordshire have been recorded on the PAS database (HESH-F74631, HESH-2195D2 and WMID-5DAF87).
Class: lid
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 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 14.8 mm
Weight: 11.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th June 2020 - Sunday 7th June 2020
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Solihull (Metropolitan District)
District: Solihull (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Berkswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2680
Four figure Latitude: 52.41738165
Four figure longitude: -1.61914144
1:25K map: SP2680
1:10K map: SP28SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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