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VESSEL

Unique ID: LON-24A770

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a soda glass vessel decorated with alternating white and black vertical stripes, the white stripes with diagonal lines down their length (latticinio decoration). Probably 'facon de venise', Venetian-style glass of northern European origin, late sixteenth to seventeenth century. The sherd may come from a goblet, drinking glass or vase.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th March 2006

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: 4684/10

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Blown
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)
To be known as: Cannon Street area

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Searching the foreshore
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

References cited

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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