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Title: Lamp Hanger [Go to resource]
Description: An incomplete copper alloy lamp hanger or suspender of Medieval date. It has a rectangular shaft that is rectangular shaped in section and terminates at the top with an integral circular suspension loop with central circular perforation. At the base of the shaft are three evenly spaced arms that branch out horizontally from the plane of the shaft. On the underside of the object at the point where the arms join the main shaft is a small semi-circular lug with central circular perforation and a deeply incised notch at the base of one arm. The arms themselves are triangular in plan and rectangular in section tapering towards terminals formed from integrally cast oval shaped loops with central circular perforations. Only one of these suspension loops now survives intact, the other two missing due to old breaks. The entire object measures 31.25mm in height, 28.78mm in width, 5.96mm in thickness at shaft, and weighs 9.86g. This object would have probably been utilised to suspend lamps during the Medieval period in houses and other similar buildings, the loops at the end of each arm enabling attachment to the lamps themselves. Similar examples have been recovered from excavated contexts in London and their function and usage is discussed by Egan (1998: pp. 130-131). These suggest a possible late-14th to 15th century AD date for the current example. Source: Portable Antiquities Creator: Brown, Andrew Identifier: http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... Language: en-GB Go to resource More Like this...
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