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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUR-429112
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval silver fitting, possibly a handle or other projection from a small vessel. The object comprises a round-section loop which springs from a calyx and which terminates in a scroll with a rounded knop. At the opposite end to the knop is a cxollar and a short shaft for attachment to another object. The object is thought to be post 1700 in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.39 mm
Width: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 3.01 mm
Weight: 2.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-1322
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0558
Four figure Latitude: 51.321084
Four figure longitude: -1.929635
1:25K map: SU0558
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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