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CUTLERY
Unique ID: DEV-100561
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval copper alloy pastry jigger, probably dating to c. AD 1700-1800. The object was found in three parts and subsequently reattached by the finder. The jigger consists of a circular sectioned shaft with three bulbous double stranded collars along its length, tapering towards one end where it bifurcates into two perforated arms; forming the box for the wheel. The latter is circular, with a crimped edge and central perforation, held in situ by an iron axis bar. There is a break preceding the collars which deliniate this terminal. At the other end of the shaft flares outwards into a fan-shaped terminal, with slightly upturned corners and a flat, serated transverse edge. A further break precedes this terminal.
Dimensions: length c. 124.9m; width of fan-shaped terminal 35.6mm; diameter of wheel 27.7mm; diameter of shaft 6.5mm; weight 28.43g.
cf. similar examples on this database: DEV-551F52, LANCUM-6E333E, LANCUM-77A780.
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: 124.9 mm
Width: 35.6 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 28.43 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019870
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Loddiswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX7147
Four figure Latitude: 50.30879538
Four figure longitude: -3.81297286
1:25K map: SX7147
1:10K map: SX77NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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