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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy handle from a jug or ewer. Although no exact parallel could be found for this piece, such vessels with hinged lids are known to date from the late medieval to early post-medieval period. For a more complete example of a jug of this period, see BH-128184.
The uppermost part of the handle comprises a U-shaped curved attachment, which would have held it to the rim of the vessel. This attachment is of semi-circular section. On the complete side the width and thickness tapers towards the rounded end; on the opposite side the attachment has been broken, evidently in antiquity. The flat inner face of the attachment is coated with a white-metal solder, indicating that the handle was originally attached to a metal vessel. At the point where the handle itself extends from the back of the attachment there is a hinge, comprising two parallel plates with rounded top sides. Between the two hinged plates is a remnant of the lid of the vessel. This lid fragment is of thin section and is held in place by an iron axis bar. The handle is of tapering oval section and is broken off at the bottom. Immediately behind the hinge the surfaces are faceted and there is a projecting spike which points towards the hinge and would have served as a rest for the open lid.
The bent object measures 74.5mm high, up to 28.5mm wide (at the curved attachment) and weighs 32.53g. | Subjects: | Jug/Ewer | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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