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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: IOW-B47783
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval cast lead-alloy knob in the form of a human male head (c. AD 1700-c. 1800).
This knob is probably from the lid of a tobacco holder.
The head appears to be tonsured and is tilted backwards slightly, as if looking upwards. The facial features are clear and prominent. The brow is heavy and large and the eyes are almond-shaped. The nose is relatively large and the mouth is formed by a simple groove. There is a short, integral shaft in the centre of the base, probably to attach the head on the centre of the lid.
The object is grey with traces of a buff patina.
Height: 32.72mm; width: 20.98mm; thickness: 23.39mm. Weight: 86.89g.
Class: Lid
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 32.72 mm
Width: 20.98 mm
Thickness: 23.39 mm
Weight: 88.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th February 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-1-321
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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