Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-8C4E96
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, 72mm long, 18mm wide and 18mm thick with a weight of 76.60grams. The object consists of a sub rectangular animal head with rounded ears, which has a circular tube emerging from its snout. It has a circular shaft for a neck which widens out, forming a funnel like shape which is diagonally cut away, creating an oval opening.
These are ewer or laver spouts and date to the 15th century. For similar examples see GLO-D8D1AE LIN-44B0F5
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 76.6 g
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4 Figure: SP5796
Four figure Latitude: 52.55886003
Four figure longitude: -1.16064618
1:25K map: SP5796
1:10K map: SP59NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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