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Unique ID: LVPL-71F288
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper alloy tap (17th - early 18th century). The tap has a bifurcated key which connects with an hour-glass-shaped junction between the spout and the tube which fits inside the cistern. The tube is missing. The spout is decoratively faceted with a stepped lip before it narrows at the tip. The object has a mid-green patina and is in good condition.
Margeson (1993:138) notes "taps with bifurcated keys are seen as an intermediate stage between Medieval tap keys in the form of a cockerel, fleur-de-lis or openwork trefoil, and the flat-topped T-shaped keys of the 18th century. They were used with cisterns."
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Quantity: 1
Length: 83 mm
Width: 49 mm
Weight: 99.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology |