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EWER
Unique ID: WMID-E3A476
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic spout from a 15th-century pedestal-base ewer. In profile it is curved, terminating at the pouring spout in a moulded dog's head. The mouth of the dog is wide open, with an integral short tube protruding. The head is slightly angular, with a sub-rectangular ear on each side of the head; the ears protrude upwards above the crown of the head (although one is broken). The reverse of the spout curves downwards, and is open. The surface of the spout has a dark green patina with areas of brown where the surface metal survives. The spout has maximum dimensions of 64.5 mm long, 16.1 mm wide, 35 mm high and it weighs 60.3 grams.
Lewis (1987, fig. 8A) illustrates a very similar dog's head spout, dating them to the 15th century. They were fixed to pedestal-base ewers, but are normally now found detached
Class: spout
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.5 mm
Height: 35 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Weight: 60.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2011 - Thursday 31st March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Thorpe Constantine (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2508
Four figure Latitude: 52.669139
Four figure longitude: -1.631745
1:25K map: SK2508
1:10K map: SK20NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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