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Description: | A very worn classical style cast copper-alloy figure which is possibly a terminal knop from an early post-medieval spoon. It depicts a figure standing facing left (her left). Her left arm extends outwards at a obtuse angle from the body, whilst the right arm is bent at the elbow and travels upwards before it is broken. The figure is a female, probably representing Venus, and is unclothed apart from a garment draped around its waist extending slightly downwards below her left arm. The feet are absent following an old truncation. The red-brown colour to which this object has corroded is suggestive of a post-medieval date (cf. Read 2001, 97; ref. 722). A very similar artefact (the drapery differs very slightly) can be found on this database, ref. BH-9C3013. | Subjects: | terminal | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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