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VESSEL
Unique ID: NCL-80EDE1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete white-metal vessel handle of probable 18th century date.
The handle is roughly C-shaped and cast in pewter, with a break at the top and base of the handle, probably the weak points. The handle has a decorated top, with a concave plate that probably gave way to a scrolling extension, though this is now incomplete. The base of this extension, however can be seen abutting a cylindrical shape on the underside with the appearance of a lug, though without any fixtures relating to it. Below the plate on the top of the handle is a flower, and from this point the handle tapers in width to its base where the break is. The whole is cast integral.
The object has been executed in a classical style and its shape is reminiscent of a Roman trumpet brooch, though there are certainly no fittings consistent with a brooch. The style of execution, the shape, the breaks, and the use of pewter all suggest a Georgian vessel of the 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.61 mm
Width: 29.23 mm
Thickness: 7.92 mm
Weight: 50.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ovington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ0663
Four figure Latitude: 54.9616
Four figure longitude: -1.90783
1:25K map: NZ0663
1:10K map: NZ06SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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