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EWER
Unique ID: LEIC-357534
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy Zoomorphic ewer spout, 80mm long, 21mm wide and 22mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 55.08 grams. The object is intact and is crescentic in form with an opening at an oblique angle. The working end is in the form of a dogs head with sub rectangular ears and a circular sectioned spout protruding from its mouth. The spout comes from a pedestal ewer, this type dates largely to the 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 55.08 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Osbaston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4204
Four figure Latitude: 52.632135
Four figure longitude: -1.380877
1:25K map: SK4204
1:10K map: SK40SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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