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MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-6BA497
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead object dating to the 18th/19th century. The object appears is in the form of a daffodil-type flower. It has a rounded base, four pettals and a triangular shaped mouth. The object is decorated with pellets which meant to represent the stamens. The form is the same on each face of the object. At one end of the object are the remains of a broken attachment loop. It has a mid-white patina. It is likely that this object functioned as a garden ornament.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 40 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Church Lawton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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