{ "record":[ { "id":"190", "old_findID":"MAS-D100190", "uniqueID":"190", "objecttype":"CONTAINERS", "classification":"Container", "subclass":"FOOD SERVING CONTAINER", "length":"145", "height":null, "width":null, "weight":null, "thickness":null, "diameter":"65", "quantity":"1", "otherRef":null, "curr_loc":"With finder", "discoveryMethod":"15", "treasureID":"118\/18", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "numdate1":null, "numdate2":null, "description":"
This find is a figurine measuring 145 <\/span>mm<\/span> in length <\/span>with a diameter of <\/span>65<\/span>mm. 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.<\/p>", "notes":"