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Description: | A complete cast or wrought lead or lead alloy container, possibly a holy water stoup, of Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1066 ?? c. AD 1600). Length 32.5mm, width 39.7mm and 20.9mm thick including the rim . Weight 70 grams. The container is sub-rectangular in plan with a protruding rim. The container had a rounded (convex) front and flat back, so when viewed from above it was D-shaped. At the front of the vessel the the rim is curled over; the lower part is sharply angled creating a sloping base. In the centre of the front is a simple raised equal armed cross. The rear face of the container is flat.
This vessel may have been cast in one piece or, alternatively, may have been made from separate pieces of metal and soldered together. However, no casting seems or joins are visible. The vessel seems to have rested against a flat surface, although, due to its angled base it could not be free-standing. There is no evidence for any attachment loops or any other means of attachment. The vessel??s surface is covered with off-white corrosion products and has some modern damage to the rim, probably from the plough.
Similar vessels have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database where they have been identified as Late Medieval, or Early Post-Medieval, bird feeders or bird seed containers in line with similar published vessels: Read (1995, 127-128, fig. 811), Egan et al (2005, 129, ref. 617). It has often been argued that some may instead have acted as holy water stoups for small private chapels. The cross on the front of this example supports the latter identification in this case. | Subjects: | Stoup | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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