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STRAINER

Unique ID: DOR-387F03

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A sheet metal handle socket from a skimmer. Fragments of a socket for a wooden handle(missing)from a copper alloy bowl used for skimming fat from a cauldron. The socket is constructed from two pieces of sheet metal which have been riveted together with rolled sheet metal rivets. The upper part has a tapering convex curve to it to accomodate a wooden handle. There is a single rivet hole in the wider end of the cone. The sides of this piece are then bent out at right-angles and riveted to the lower piece of flat sheet metal. The object is in two pieces and incomplete. Similar items are recorded in Margeson, 1993, Norwich Households, p. 118 - 119, fig. 84, numbers 744 and 745 Date Post-medieval - 16th to 17th century Dimensions: 95.01 mm x 71.10 mm x 19.06 mm Weight: 48.06 g

Class: skimmer

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 95.01 mm
Width: 71.1 mm
Thickness: 19.06 mm
Weight: 48.06 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th September 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Multiple
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Winterbourne Kingston

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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