|
Date: |
|
Description: | A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy suspension device probably for a hanging lamp. There is a tall central stem which ends in a large circular loop (8.6mm across externally, 3.7mm diameter internally). The stem is roughly circular in section and at its base is a triangle whose corners are all extended into arms. One is broken at its end following old damage, while the others end 16.3mm from the stem and terminate in an pierced lug. On the underside of the triangle, continuing the line of the stem, is a fourth lug. Similar objects are illustrated in Read (2001, 124, 127; refs. 900, 901) and Egan (1998, 131, refs. 356, 357) and are dated to the later medieval period. Egan (1998, 130) notes that medieval ecclesiastical censers are similar to, though usually more robust than, these objects. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
LAMP HANGER
An incomplete copper-alloy suspension device…
-
LAMP HANGER
An incomplete copper-alloy suspension device…
-
-
-
-
Lamp hanger
An incomplete cast copper-alloy suspension…
-
LAMP HANGER
An incomplete cast copper-alloy suspension…
-
|