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VESSEL
Unique ID: NARC-706534
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a glass Vessel o Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1700). The fragment consists of a piece of the vessel wall which is sub-rectangular in plan and flat in section. The glass is clear with a greenish tint and has a frosted opalescent appearance due to the deposition environment.
Length: 42.41mm, Width: 23.88mm, Thickness: 2.90mm, Weight: 3.8gms.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: DENO-CCF7C7, NLM-24FE88 and LON-DCB518
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.41 mm
Width: 23.88 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Corby (District)
Parish or ward: Stanion (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9186
Four figure Latitude: 52.46436995
Four figure longitude: -0.66197845
1:25K map: SP9186
1:10K map: SP98NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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