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Description: | A copper alloy object which may be a handle escutcheon or lug from a medieval or post medieval vessel. The object is a fragment of thick copper alloy riveted to a piece of sheet. The fragment is 25.1mm long, 24.9mm wide and 8.3mm thick. It consists of a sub triangular plate which is 4.3mm thick at the wider end. This is chamfered. The narrower end is twice as thick with the extra thickness all being on one face of the plate. Instead of a step there is a groove so in section the plate is shaped rather like a tick. The plate is also curved, arching from the wide end to the narrow end, so the groove is on the outer convex face. The narrow end of the plate is an old break. On the outer face of the plate is a thinner plate or piece of thick sheet metal which slots into the groove and extends over the wider end of the plate. The edges of the thinner plate are old breaks, but it looks to have extended beyond the thicker plate at the sides and at the wide end. Two dome headed copper alloy rivets fasten the plates together through the wider end of the triangular thicker plate.
The date and function of this object is not certain. The most likely interpretation is that it is the handle mount from a metal vessel. The thinner plate would be the wall of the vessel and the thicker plate riveted to it could be the base of a loop to which a chain or handle could be fixed. A diagram on page 98 of ??Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition?? by Egan (2005) shows a similar mount with this function. Other alternatives are that it is a piece of medieval or post medieval armour, or part of a stirrup. Similar rivets can be seen on armour though it has not been possible to find an exact parallel. The shape is reminiscent of stirrup strap mounts or the bottom of the side wall of a stirrup.
This fragment was found on Towton Battlefield and may be connected with the battle, though other dates and functions cannot be ruled out. | Subjects: | handle lug | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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