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CANDLESTICK
Unique ID: WAW-65A504
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy candlestick socket. The socket is tubular, circular in section, and has straight sides. The upper rim is abraded. The exterior of the socket is decorated with fine horizontal ridges; a pair in the centre, one below the rim and a ridge at the base. Protruding and integral to the base of the socket is further moulding and the stem. The base of the interior is an inverted hollow conical with waisted sides. At the tip there is a circular sectioned platform, which is the stem, and it has an integral collar above. The surface of the socket has an under developed mid to dark green patina. Some abrasion has taken place. The socket measures 43.61mm tall, and 20.66mm diameter. It weighs 26.3g.
The socket is from a Bunsen type (Brownsword, R. 1985 English Latten Candlesticks 1400-1700 Finds Research Group Datasheet 1, Figure 4). This is a separate socket, not integral to the stem, and therefore tends to date to the late 15th and early 16th centuries (ibid).
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 1475
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.61 mm
Width: 20.66 mm
Weight: 26.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012 - Sunday 30th September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2172
Four figure Latitude: 52.345676
Four figure longitude: -1.693155
1:25K map: SP2172
1:10K map: SP27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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