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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-9426D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd from a pottery vessel of probable late medieval to early post-medieval in date. The sherd is a rim and body sherd from a wheel thrown pot, probably a storage jar. The sherd has been glazed with a dark brown/black lead glaze and decorated with three raised circular dots created by stamping. The fabric is orange in colour with minimal inclusions, apparently of shell and grog. It measures 44.64 mm in length, 38.67 mm wide, 12.86 mm thick and weighs 23.9 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.64 mm
Width: 38.67 mm
Thickness: 12.86 mm
Weight: 23.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000 - Saturday 1st May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
District: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Brockmoor and Pensnett (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9189
Four figure Latitude: 52.4988279
Four figure longitude: -2.13400286
1:25K map: SO9189
1:10K map: SO98NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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