CORN-109079: bottle seal of Walter Maunder (front)

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BOTTLE

Unique ID: CORN-109079

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete glass bottle seal, ovate in plan and slightly domed in profile on the reverse of the seal. The obverse has the name 'Walter Maunder / [1]713' in relief. The seal is made of dark green glass and would have attached to an onion-shaped bottle that would have contained wine.

A Mr. Walter Maunder had his son Walter baptised at St. Mary's Church, Truro, on 13^th January 1715. In 1715 a Walter Maunder was in possession of Phippens House, Truro. The seal may possibly commemorate the marriage of Walter Maunder to his wife Mary, although no marriage record could be located in the Courtney Library.

Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar seal with a name and the date of 1722 on an onion shaped bottle on page 99, fig.65, no.609.

Notes:

There is also a reference to 'Maunder's Tenement' in Pydar Street in Truro in the Cornwall Record Office 1737 (reference CL/1/47):

To Humphry Tremelling of Truro, joiner Consideration: fine of £14 Property: "Maunder's Tenement" in Pyder Street, late...

Clifden of Lanhydrock. Box 1. To Humphry Tremelling of Truro, joiner Consideration: fine of £14 Property: "Maunder's Tenement" in Pyder Street, late in possession of John Wilson Term: 99: on lives of lessee (46), Jane his

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1713
Date to: Exactly AD 1713

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 15.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th April 2015 - Saturday 16th May 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kea (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW8440
Four figure Latitude: 50.22047585
Four figure longitude: -5.02931955
1:25K map: SW8440
1:10K map: SW80NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Margeson, S.	1993	Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78	Norwich	East Anglian Archaeology	99, fig.65,	no.609

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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