File:Tobacco jar handle (plan) (FindID 713069).jpg

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tobacco jar handle (plan)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2015-03-31 16:40:33
Title
tobacco jar handle (plan)
Description
English: Handle from the lid of a cast lead tobacco jar, circular in plan and domed in profile. The handle is in the form of an eight-petalled flower with a central, conical knop projecting from the slightly curved collar of petals. There are faint traces of black material on the upper face of the handle which suggests that it was originally lacquered to protect the lead from corrosion and powdering, and to look like a finer metal. On the reverse there is an integral lug which would have attached to the lid that is now missing. It is 33 mm in diameter, 24 mm in height including the lug, and 9 mm in thickness. It weighs 42.08 g.

Bailey (2000) illustrates a similar tobacco box handle on page 62, in figs.1-2, 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 this form of tobacco jar is popular into the late 18th century.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1650 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 713069
Old ref: CORN-345A0A
Filename: March15finds029.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/511357
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/511357/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/713069
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Object location50° 08′ 15.72″ N, 5° 33′ 42.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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