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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: SWYOR-AD3411
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval knop from the lid of a tobacco jar. It is octofoil with an integral rivet made from lead. The knop or handle has a high domed circular centre with eight petals around and has been compressed whilst buried. It weighs 14g and measures 20.2mm in height(width), 23.1mm in diameter. Compare
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Class: Tobacco jar
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 1600
Date to: AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 20.2 mm
Weight: 14 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2004 - Sunday 1st February 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Kirk Bramwith
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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