Record ID: HESH-358DFE
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid knop / handle. The knop is broadly circular in plan and irregular in profile. The central knop is decorated as a flower. It has a central raised boss, which expands into a series of radiating lentoid shaped petals. It is likely that these were originally coated with a black coloured surface which has since decayed. The shank of the holder is broken flush with the surface of the reverse. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states th…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-758963
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (c. 1600 - 1800) tobacco jar handle: The lead alloy lid handle, in plan is a lozenge shape, and the handle is in the form of an eight-petalled flower with a central, circular knop projecting from a flat collar. On the reverse there is an integral sub-conical whose underside has a integral stud. The upperside has patches of a black shiny coating. It is 19.67mm long, 14.31mm wide and 16.75mm tall. It weighs 8.8gm. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead bo…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-B652A1
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel lid or stopper from a tobacco jar dating from the late Medieval to early Post Medieval period, circa AD1600-1850. In plan, the top of the lid had a flower head design with a central knop surrounded by 8 petals. The lid is damaged and it is likely that there were originally 9 petals. The petals are defined by a shallow groove and the end of each petal is slightly rounded. The edge of the flower lid was probably originally sub-lozenge shape in form. The reverse of the lid is plain and is now contorted although it was probably originally flat. At th…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: WAW-D9BA61
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The handle from the lid of a cast lead alloy tobacco jar of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1800. In plan it is a oval shape with a central, circular knop projecting from a flat collar. On the reverse there is an integral stud which has a lead or lead alloy washer on it, otherwise the lid is missing. It is 26.62mm long, 16.88mm wide and 21.26mm tall. It weighs 16.9g. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep tobacco moist. It is likely that th…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2013
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Record ID: WAW-314401
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and decorated lead alloy and iron tobacco box lid knop of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD). The knop is broadly sub circular in plan and irregular in profile. The central knop / lid is broadly decorated as a flower. It has a central raised boss, located within a circle. A series of radiating lentoid shaped petals extend away from the circle. It is likely that these were originally coated with a surface which has since decayed. The neck below the knop of the lid becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of the riv…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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