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VESSEL
Unique ID: LON-1E43A1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post medieval 16th-17th century Bellarmine or Bartmann jar. This is a sherd of German stoneware with a bearded face moulded on to the exterior surface. The exterior is mottled brown salt glaze, the interior surface has a cream grey colour, but also has a drip run of the exterior glaze running down the inside. The fabric is hard and grey in section. Face design has large eyes, a linear nose and a prominently raised moustache.
Length: 54.42mm
Width: 40.62mm
Thickness: 5.35mm
Weight: 24.46g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.42 mm
Width: 40.62 mm
Thickness: 5.35 mm
Weight: 24.46 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Dowgate (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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