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CANDLESTICK
Unique ID: BH-EC53B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy object, representing a fragment of a candlestick dating to the post medieval period. The object comprises half of a hollow tubular body and an incomplete curving top. The tube is lozengiform in cross section, and tapers towards the top. The top has approximately a quarter of a loop remaining. The bottom edge of the fitting is decorated with a raised horizontal band. The object measures 47.7mm high by 20.3mm from back to front and 10.6mm wide; it weighs 10g. For a parallel, see Egan, G. (2005) Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition: Tudor and Stuart Period Finds C.1450-c.1700 from Excavations at Riverside Sites in Southwark , p. 80.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.7 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 10 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 27th August 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WF 07 - 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: St. Albans (District)
To be known as: St Albans
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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