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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-4857B1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd from a post Medieval ceramic vessel, probably a 'chafing dish'. It is made from an orange/brown fine clay. The inner surface is concave, curving on two axis, and is glazed. The outer surface is flat and unglazed. The probable base is flat, bending at approx. 20o to form the slopping side, thickening to 12.74mm at the bend.
There are six full depth pierced triangles, one on the base, three on the fold ridge and two on the side. The edges are formed by the historic breakage lines.
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: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78.1 mm
Width: 82.52 mm
Thickness: 9.55 mm
Weight: 92.68 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
To be known as: Millwall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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