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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-53C5AB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possibly a cast copper alloy fragment from a two-part handle from a drinking vessel (probably a tankard) of probable post medieval date (cAD1600 to 1800). The fragment consists only of the thumb rest. One end is a square based straight sided flat plate with two holes with the broken copper alloy rivets still in place. Above this, along the straight top edge, is the groove for the thumb rest bar. The piece then has a sub-rectangular flat tab with convex curved outer sides and corners which narrow in the centre of the outer edge to form a rounded knop. In the centre of the thumb rest bar are the initials R J P with a foliate design along the outer edge. The fragment has a yellow/brown patina on both sides apart from the metal on the reverse of the rivets which is corroded.
The piece measures 28.73mm in length, 14.04mm in width, 2.76mm in thickness and weighs 2.78g.
Thumb rests for tankards with flip top lids with similar double rivets through the attachment but very different tabs are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, for example, see WMID-65AA06. It is likely this had a similar function but was later, dating to around the 19th century.
Class:
Tankard
Sub class: Handle
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 1775
Date to: Circa AD 1925
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.73 mm
Width: 14.04 mm
Thickness: 2.76 mm
Weight: 2.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Monday 7th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017844
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Haydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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