Record ID: ESS-8A1A83
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Southend-on-Sea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy drop handle. The handle is cast with a hexagonal section. When viewed in plan it is essentially rectangular, but with the upper long side having the corners inverted, so that the frame extends into a short ‘neck’ section. The frame has been finished with a file and the marks are clearly visible. The front face of the handle is decorated with a running series of incised stars, the reverse is plain. The handle is suspended from a moulded knob. The knob has a short flared neck, from which (at the narrow end) extends the drop shaped main body. The knob is bev…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Church', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-18D8EC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Southend-on-Sea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is described as "a wide-mouthed, shouldered bowl" (Haselgrove 1989, 12), handmade, of a type "current before the mid first century BC" (Cowell et al. 1987, 2). Report by V Rigby in BM file. BM 1986,0915.34.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southend-On-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.