Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LVPL-43D895
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy object of uncertain date and function. The object has an oval bowl or bag like base and is D-shaped in cross-section. The object is flattned at the back with several scratches and nicks on the surface. It tapers towards the top where it terminates with an oval opening or neck. The object has a mid-brown patina.
It was suggested due to a similar form that the object could be an ampulla however the lack of decoration, handles and the shape of the 'bowl' make this unlikely. Another possibility based on the angle of the object is a lead alloy covering for a foot of a larger object.
Dimensions: 33mm in length, 26mm in width, 8mm thick, 32.8g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 32.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015 - Tuesday 15th December 2015
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Sandbach
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: SF-979F47
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: ROMAN
A cast copper alloy object of uncertain function. It is square in section tapering towards the terminal ends, and with a small suspension loop…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NMS-01DEB6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Polyhedral cast socketed copper alloy Late Saxon unidentified object, with an oblique openwork grid with fifteen lozenge-shaped openings and…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SWYOR-381FE9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: UNKNOWN
An unidentified elongated, hollow, lead object, of uncertain date, probably Medieval to modern, AD 1200 - 1900. It is broadly sub-rectangular…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618