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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-A07395
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery, glazed, rim sherd and body sherd. A dull red hard fired fabric with a purple-tinged glaze with a metallic sheen internally and externally; this fabric resembles that described as Cistercian Ware. The rim may be from a cup. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550. These sherds were kindly identified by Sandra Firth and Hazel West of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group.
Weight: 8.56gms.
Class: resembles Cistercian Ware
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 8.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20283a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Epworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7703
Four figure Latitude: 53.518044
Four figure longitude: -0.840169
1:25K map: SE7703
1:10K map: SE70SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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