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VESSEL
Unique ID: LON-076631
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval lead alloy (pewter) lid (18th century). The lid is constructed from a disc of pewter with a further strip of pewter soldered on to the disc to form the wall. The front surface has a central punch mark and it is marked with even concentric circles, there are three radiating lines from the central punch that are rougher and more irregular. On the internal surface there are further rough and irregular lines form a spiral with an off-centre 'K' within a circle. There is some damage that has slightly distorted the shape and has punched through the top of the lid.
This is a lid from a container, possibly a stoneware vessel, an ointment pot or possibly a pounce pot.
Dimensions: Diameter: 77.41mm; thickness: 13.49mm; weight: 68.98g.
Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.
Class: Lid
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 13.49 mm
Weight: 68.98 g
Diameter: 77.41 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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)
Parish or ward: Queenhithe (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.503528
Four figure longitude: -0.099555
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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