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BIRD FEEDER
Unique ID: BERK-D3E031
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy bird feeder dating from the late 15th to 18th centuries. The feeder is D-shaped in cross section and has a flared rim. The reverse is flat to enable the feeded to lay flush against another vertical surface, for example the sides of a bird cage. The bird feeder is undecorated apart from two parallel horizontal lines beneath the flared rim. There is some damage to the reverse. These objects would have been filled with water or seed and placed in the bird cage, with the flat back against the wall of the cage. Quite of number of these objects are found are all are very similar in design, although a few examples are highly decorated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.73 mm
Width: 55.6 mm
Thickness: 26.91 mm
Weight: 83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010.033
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Moulded
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hampstead Marshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4166
Four figure Latitude: 51.391565
Four figure longitude: -1.412131
1:25K map: SU4166
1:10K map: SU46NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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