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CANDLE SNUFFER
Unique ID: YORYM-07EF2C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead-alloy possible candle snuffer of Post-Medieval date, c.1600 - 1800. The object is conical with a rounded top and open base. It is hollow roughly mid-way in to the interior. The outer surface is decorated with three bands of three parallel circumferential ribs. Casting seams are present running along either side of the object with an applied semi-circular handle set on one, close to the rounded top.
The metal has a mid-grey patina and is worn. The object is 36mm long, 16.3mm in diameter at the open end, 13.3mm in width with the handle and weighs 24.2g.
Similar objects have been recorded as SUSS-59A0D2 and HESH-0C8BD4.
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
Length: 36 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Weight: 24.2 g
Diameter: 16.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05903
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brantingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9428
Four figure Latitude: 53.73991918
Four figure longitude: -0.57631588
1:25K map: SE9428
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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