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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-A3A2C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast lead container of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 - AD 1800). Length 30.2mm, width 44.6mm and 28.0mm thick. Weight 45.98g. The base of this container is semi-circular in plan and the incomplete sides flare upwards and outwards. It is assumed that the rim was also semi-circular in plan when the container was complete. The base is largely flat and its width, measured along the straight part, is 36.5mm. On the base, at either end, there is a crudely cast stub which may have been intended to function as a foot. However, both of these stubs are flattened against the base and seem to have been cast as such. It is conceivable that this object may be a feeder for a bird cage. The object is in poor condition and the breaks are ragged and old.
Class: bird feeder
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: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.2 mm
Width: 44.6 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight: 45.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2007-10-39
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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