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Unique ID: WMID-7CE208
Object type certainty: Probably
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An incomplete tinned copper alloy sugar tongs arm, of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).
The arm has a D-shaped, dished terminal with a short length of a pointed oval-sectioned arm.
It measures 31.6 mm in length, 14.5 mm wide and 3.0 mm thick. It weighs 2.1 g.
The sugar tong arm is a mid grey colour, with an even surface patina.
Several other sugar tongs (some misidentified as possible balances) have been recorded on the PAS database, including: LEIC-A531C3; NMS-09E313 and WAW-091A4A. More examples have been recorded on the Norfolk HER including: from Burgh Castle (HER 22344), East Walton (HER40572), Felthorpe (HER 33502) and Swardeston (HER 40707, NMS-744E55).
Class: sugar
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th September 2014 - Sunday 14th September 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
4 Figure: SP1798
Four figure Latitude: 52.57955073
Four figure longitude: -1.75055595
1:25K map: SP1798
1:10K map: SP19NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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