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CONTAINERS
Unique ID: MAS-D100190
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This find is a figurine measuring 145 mm in length with a diameter of 65mm. It depicts a man wearing a three cornered hat with holes in its top. In consultation with Wessex Archaeology finds specialist, Lorraine Mepham, this item has been identified as a 19th century Toby jug pepper pot figure, probably dating to around 1840 - 1860. For some unknown reason the figurine has lost most of its colour, as it's more usual to see these figures with different coloured clothing to go with the blue jacket. Research has found that these are commonly known as "Staffordshire" Toby pepper pots and that the figure is actually holding a mug of ale. It should have a hole in the bottom where the cork would have been placed once filled. As this figure was found in isolation, it is not clear whether it was part of the sunken vessel's cargo, a posession of the crew/passengers, a mess item, or an object discarded/lost over an earlier wreck site by chance.
Notes:
This item was found with engine part (MAS-D100193).
Class:
Container
Sub class: FOOD SERVING CONTAINER
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Wreck details
Droit number: 118/18
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period to: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 145 mm
Diameter: 65 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd June 2018
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Joaquin Callejo Gomez
Identified by: Lorraine Mepham
Other reference numbers
Droit ID: 118/18
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TV7689
Four figure Latitude: 50.67405623
Four figure longitude: 0.48951592
1:25K map: TV7689
1:10K map: TV79NE
Display four figure position on What3Words
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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