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Description: | Copper alloy cast handle of Post-Medieval date, probably from a pair of scissors or perhaps a candle snuffer. The ornate finger loop (inner L. 21.17mm. W. 16.28mm) is broadly square in section with moulded decoration in the form of circular and sub-circular knops on three surfaces, the inner surface is plain. At the junction between the loop and the shaft there is moulded decoration in the form of a human head (L. 10.35mm W. 9.26mm), probably a child, with curly hair and pronounced cheeks. From here the shaft extends with moulded scroll decoration. The shaft (L. 25.81mm. W. 7.20mm. Th. 3.02-6.70mm) then thickens and there are two circular grooves with a raised ridge between them around the shaft. There is then a broadly hexagonal-sectioned element with the remains of an iron element attached to the opposite end where the shaft is broken off. Patchy brown and light green patina. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Puls, Jodi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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