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Description: | Cast copper-alloy swivelling suspension loop; ovoid frame of D-shaped section terminating in a pair of moulded animal heads with facetted features; both the heads bite a thickened basal lobe which is lentoid in outline and sub-trapezoidal in section; from the flat underside of the lobe emerges a centrally placed stud or rivet with a waisted shank and a slightly domed circular head; this would have originally engaged with a perforation allowing the loop to swivel freely; possibly a suspension loop from a purse frame given the similarity of its heads to those of Ward-Perkins Class A1 purse frames; for a close overall parallel see also a copper alloy tap in Medieval Households, no. 745.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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