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CANDLE SNUFFER
Unique ID: GLO-245178
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy length 67mm, width 14mm, thickness 3mm, weight 12.50g. This is a log rectangular strip with trefoil terminals, the main body has a line of four ring and dots all held within an incised linear border, with a triple incised line at the mid point. There are the remains of two rivet holes, both with copper alloy rivets still in place.
This component originally formed one edge of the box into which the 'snuff' (trimmed wick) would have dropped during trimming with a scissors-type candle snuffer. The scar on the reverse comes from the rest of the box, to which this side may have been attached using solder, with rivets to increase the object's strength.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011 - Thursday 1st December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 5194
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
To be known as: Long Newnton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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