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Description: | A copper-alloy unidentified object of unknown date. This object has a stag head terminal. It has two vertical antlers, one of which is incomplete due to an old break, the complete antler measures 35mm in length, has a rectangular cross-section and measures 5mm in width, it has three pointed protrusions projecting fromn its front face and terminates in a two protrusions, which form a 'V' shape. The top of the head, inbetween the antlers is flat and decorated with longitudinal grooves, there is also a central longitudinal groove running down the centre of the snout, with small transverse grooves either side of it. The snout it long and slender, it is rectangular in shape and tapers towards the tip, it is 21.5mm in length and 8mm in width. Projecting at right angles from below the antlers there are two pointed oval shaped ears, these are also long and slender and have two oval grooves, one inside the other, on their underside. The neck of the stag is set at a roughly 45 degree angle to the head, it is circular in cross section and measures 8mm in diameter. It flares into a vertical oval shaped almost flat part, which is 28mm in length and 7mm in width. The front face is decorated with two rows of diagonal grooves. It also has a circular deposit of corroded iron in its centre, this is likely to be the remains of an iron nail which went through the oval shape part and attached this object to whatever it was orginally attached to. The oval shaped part then tapers into a bar, which is curving forwards, this is incomplete due to an old break and its surviving length measures 20mm in length and 7mm in width, it is oval in cross-section, there is a transverse ridge inbetween this and the oval part above it. No parallel could be found for this object and despite its slightly 'celtic' style is not believed to be Iron Age in date. It is more likely that this object was made in the post-medieval period and is copying what was seen as a 'celtic' style this interpretation was also supported by Wendy Adams, curatorial assistant at the British Museum. Indeed copper-alloy stags heads also with one antler missing and of a broadly similar design have been illustrated in the Febuary and May 2003 editions of 'Treasure Hunting,' and the finders believe them to be 18th or 19th century in date, one example was clearly found with two other items of 18th or 19th horse harness (Treasure Hunting May 2003, 14, and Treasure Hunting Febuary 70). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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