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CANDLE HOLDER
Unique ID: BERK-8FEF75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy early post-medieval candle stick. The candle stick has a large, hollow cylindrical cup (to hold the candle), with a slight indent or simple linear decoration around its median and upper circumference. The cup base narrows to a circular section stem which would have fitted into the basal tray. The stem has two moulded collars down its length but no other decoration. Candlesticks of this type date to the 16th Century, c. AD 1530-1570. See Egan (2005) p81.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1530
Date to: Circa AD 1570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 117.75 mm
Weight: 168.2 g
Diameter: 11.66 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th October 2011 - Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.642
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hampstead Marshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4064
Four figure Latitude: 51.373654
Four figure longitude: -1.426727
1:25K map: SU4064
1:10K map: SU46SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service |
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