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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-439E8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd of Post Medieval ceramic vessel dating from about AD 1600 - 1800. It is a wall and base sherd, possibly an abraded rim from a shallow dish. It is slipware. It has a fairly hard, smooth fabric with an irregular texture. Pale orange coloured with a a darker orange surface. Sparse dark grey and dark red inclusions. The inner face is decorated with a band of yellow/white slip with three dots in the middle left without slip. The whole inner surface is then covered with a clear glaze, leaving the unslipped areas to appear bright orange. The diameter of the base is about 240mm. The wall is at about a 45 degree angle from the base. The sherd is 20mm tall, 45.3mm wide and the rim is 7.3mm thick. 16.24g.
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
Height: 20 mm
Width: 45.3 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 16.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 14th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2595
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Central (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5502
Four figure Latitude: 53.51181384
Four figure longitude: -1.17209901
1:25K map: SE5502
1:10K map: SE50SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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