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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: WMID-8DDF93
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast and decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid knop of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
The knop is broadly sub oval in plan and irregular in profile. The central knop / lid has a central circular knop, surrounded by a oval plate, with a raised external border. Traces of black enamel are still present on the surface. The neck below the knop of the lid becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of the rivet protruding out from underneath.
It measures 23.35 mm in height, 30.22 mm long and 20.05 mm wide. It weighs 23.4 g.
The tobacco jar lid knop is a dark grey colour, with an even surface patina.
Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep moist tobacco inside. It is likely that this form of tobacco jar is popular into the late 18th century.
Class: lid
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.22 mm
Height: 23.35 mm
Width: 20.05 mm
Weight: 23.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Croxden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0537
Four figure Latitude: 52.930383
Four figure longitude: -1.927064
1:25K map: SK0537
1:10K map: SK03NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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