WAW-6D2276: Medieval or Post Medieval cooking vessel body fragment

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Unique ID: WAW-6D2276

Object type certainty: Certain
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Two co-joining fragments of a cast copper alloy vessel body. The exterior of the fragments is decorated with a moulded bust which appears to be Charles II (1660-1685), wearing a double-arched crown, having long hair and a pointed beard. The interior is smooth. The fragments together measure 25.07mm wide, 46.2mm long and 4.99mm thick across the bust. They weigh 21.1g.

Christopher Green comments on these fragments; 'I have consulted with Roderick and Valentine and we conclude that the latest fragment (from Leigh in Worcestershire) is probably a head of Charles II. It's closely similar to (possibly identical with) the decoration on a mortar illustrated by Michael Finlay as Figure 200 on p.103 of 'English Decorated Bronze Mortars and their Makers' (2010) - a mortar of 1681 by the Oxfordshire founder Edward Neale. There are several other mortars illustrated by Finlay with heads or busts of Charles II forming the decoration, so this was evidently a popular manifestation of loyalty to the crown after the Restoration of 1660.'

Class: Mortar

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1660
Date to: Ante AD 1685

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2
Length: 46.2 mm
Width: 25.07 mm
Thickness: 4.99 mm
Weight: 21.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th January 2010 - Thursday 25th March 2010

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO7653
Four figure Latitude: 52.174731
Four figure longitude: -2.352372
1:25K map: SO7653
1:10K map: SO75SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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