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Description: | Cast copper-alloy small candle-holder in the form of a stylised dog. Little anatomical detail but an iron mark or scar just above the centre of the back on both upper and lower surfaces, suggests that this is the base of an ??animalier?? candleholder. The dog has a long forwards-pointing face, with diagonal engraved lines for eyes, and pointed ears. The limbs are represented by a single rectangular element which tapers slightly towards the foot. The long narrow body is oval in sectionand the docked tail points upwards vertically. The lower surface of the feet is flat, and the animal is free-standing, although when complete with the candle-stick, it is unlikely that without a base the candle-holder would have stood upright. Examples of ??animalier?? candle-holders in the form of stags are known from London (Egan 1998, 147 no. 425) and MoL acc no. C703 in Egan 1998, 148 fig. 116 right). With a height of 110mm and a length of 125mm, the London example is very much larger than the example represented here. | Subjects: | Animalier | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Worrell, Sally - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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