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Description: | Small cast copper alloy vessel of globular, drop-shaped form 31.2mm at greatest width of belly (near base) and tapering to 20.3mm at neck, total height of object 46.2mm. Pair of small pierced lugs symmetrically opposed at neck 0.65mm in height and c.0.33mm in thickness with circular piercing 0.15mm diameter. The whole object well patinated in various shades of green, especially the underside of the base which is slightly lustrous. It is slightly crushed or flattened in the upper half, distorting the shape of the vessel mouth. There is a similar example from Holbrook (Suffolk), and another in Yorkshire Museum from York Abbey area.
Since this record was made, another similar object has been found in Surrey (SUR-FA2AB0). This vessel carries the inscription OLEVM CHRISM and therefore presumably contained holy oil. | Subjects: | Mercury flask | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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