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VESSEL
Unique ID: LVPL-7C4291
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper (possibly with large amount of lead) alloy leg and attached base, probably from a cooking vessel or plate of some kind and of a post-medieval date. The leg is roughly pyramidal in shape, in a width to height proportion of approximately 2:1. It is unornamented and terminates in a simple rounded point. The attached area of base curves slightly but beyond a rough estimation of an approximate 20 cm diameter no more can be ascertained as to the purpose of the vessel.
Class: chafing dish
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 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Height: 19 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 27.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th May 2018 - Saturday 28th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Sefton (Metropolitan District)
District: Sefton (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Melling
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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