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PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: BERK-D6F341
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring, probably missing the integral pipe tamper, of 17th or 18th century date. The remaining section consists of the oval bezel of the finger ring and part of either side of the hoop; the lower section of the hoop of the ring, and the tamper, are now broken and missing. The bezel of the finger ring has a seal - an incised design which could be imprinted in to wax (for example) and act as a signature. The matrix has the letters I B either side of a vertical rod which has scrolled floreate (almost tree-like) tendrils extending from the top and bottom of the rod, enclosed in a linear border.
For a similar, complete example see LANCUM-8224A0 and LANCUM-850EF7 on this database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Weight: 4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.119
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Warkworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4840
Four figure Latitude: 52.05631184
Four figure longitude: -1.30135692
1:25K map: SP4840
1:10K map: SP44SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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