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CANDLE HOLDER
Unique ID: YORYM-7854A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy candle holder of post-medieval date. The holder is hollow and circular with tapering sides decorated with evenly spaced double banded circumferential grooves. The base of the holder tapers to a worn break and the interior is undecorated.
The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The holder is 47.7mm long, 22.5mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 46.7g.
A similar example can be seen in Egan p.81, fig.69, no.337 and is dated to c.1530 - 1650. Similar examples can also be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as NCL-B92ED5, IOW-AF4617 and BERK-8FEF75.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1530
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.7 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 46.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wilberfoss (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7250
Four figure Latitude: 53.941114
Four figure longitude: -0.904641
1:25K map: SE7250
1:10K map: SE75SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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