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Description: | Large cast copper-alloy knob, probably from furniture, with an iron attachment shank. The knob is circular in section and shaped rather like a bottle, with a wide base 17 mm in diameter decorated with three circumferential grooves. Above the grooves it tapers to a neck 7 mm in diameter. Above this is a biconical collar, and then a rounded terminal. The knob is rather crudely cast and the base is not flat, but the length is basically 30 mm. A square-section iron attachment shank projects from the centre of the base bringing the total length up to 41.5 mm. This knob was probably a functional handle for a drawer or cupboard; other, flatter mounts may have been decorative rather than functional.
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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