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CUTLERY
Unique ID: BUC-422F19
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy pastry jigger, dating from 1700-1800. The object is T shaped but bent at a 90 degrees angle at one end and slightly bend back at the other end. The handle is oval in cross section with a worn break at one end which widens and flattens into the head of the jigger. This end has three circular collars. At the other end of the handle is the remains of a toothed head consisting of moulded V shaped notches running the length of the head. This would have been for cutting and pressing to the pastry. There are four circular collars grooved around the centre of the handle. The stem of the handle bulges slightly outwards between the collars and terminals. The jigger has a light green patina.
The jigger is 60.1mm in length, 14.4mm maximum width, 4.4mm maximum thickness, and weighs 10.55g.
Similar objects can be seen in Bailey 1999, page 96, 97.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.1 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 10.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd October 2017 - Monday 2nd October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4774
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7434
Four figure Latitude: 51.99952076
Four figure longitude: -0.92351544
1:25K map: SP7434
1:10K map: SP73SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1999 | Detector Finds 1 | Essex | Greenlight Publishers | page 96, 97 |
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