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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-644B37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic spout probably from a ewer of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is tubular in form with a stylised dog's head terminal that has an open mouth through which the tube/spout protrudes. The dog has an upturned nose with heavy brow and projecting rounded ears that have concave mouldings. Behind the ears the spout narrows before expanding to a downwards curving and tapering neck that has an open top, traces of possible solder visible on the flattened upper surfaces of the neck indicative of where it would have originally attached to the ewer itself. The entire object has a worn dark green patina with corrosive copper-alloy products in places. It measures 66.89mm in length, 46.46mm in height, 16.54mm in width, 15.83mm in thickness, 10.51mm in external diameter at the spout, and 43.78g in weight.
This is a zoomorphic spout for attachment to a ewer and similar to published examples (Lewis, 1987: fig. 8a) and several similar parallels recorded through the PAS (e.g. HAMP-105444, HAMP-332414 or SUR-415E80). It is of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.15th-16th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66.89 mm
Height: 46.46 mm
Width: 16.54 mm
Thickness: 15.83 mm
Weight: 43.78 g
Diameter: 10.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Shottisham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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