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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: DENO-BA3665
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A possible post medieval copper-alloy tobacco jar lid handle possibly dating to the 17th to 18th century. A human head possibly representing a male of African ethnicity appears on the tip of the handle but the surface is slightly worn. Several handles from tobacco holders decorated with African heads have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. WMID-BA849D and SWYOR-F721A9, although this object is quite different in overall shape. It has also been suggested that this object may be a pipe tamper. Green-brown patina. Dimensions: 39.7mm diameter; 19.2mm width at top; 9mm thick at base; weight 17g.
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
Weight: 17 g
Diameter: 39.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E8294
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Owthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6832
Four figure Latitude: 52.88117458
Four figure longitude: -0.99097579
1:25K map: SK6832
1:10K map: SK63SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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