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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy object of uncertain function, dating from the medieval or post-medieval periods. The artefact is long and thin with a stem of square cross-section. At one end this is bent downwards, seemingly deliberately, into a small block (6.85 by 6.4mm); the object is broken on the other side of the block. At the opposite end the artefact terminates in an openwork 'basket'. This is divided from the stem by a collar, given a rope effect through incised incisions. The terminal is formed of four curved 'strands', interwoven, with circular or sub-circular perforations between. There is a longitudinal circular recess in the centre of the terminal which may have accommodated another piece. The object generally has a dark green patina over red-brown metal. A wide date has been suggested given the lack of parallels; the function for the object remains to be found. | 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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