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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-8C13D7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast separately made foot from a small item of tableware, made in the form of a leonine paw with four claws. A drilled hole of diameter 2.7mm is set centrally on a U shaped tab to attach this to the bowl of the vessel. The lion was a popular symbol of British imperial power through the 19th century. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Length: 24.8mm, Width: 18mm, Height (in use): 11.5mm, Weight: 5.03gms
Class: Foot
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.8 mm
Height: 11.5 mm
Width: 18 mm
Weight: 5.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35835
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Messingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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