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Description: | A cast copper-alloy decorative pouring spout in the shape of the head of a dog. The dogs head is 27mm in length and 17mm in width, it is hollow and oval in cross-section. The vertically projecting ears run down the side of the head, they are rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The dog has a prominent brow which forms a U-shape with the upturned nose, the dogs eyes are absent. The mouth is open and has a hollow cylindrical-shaped object in it with an internal diameter of 7mm. The underside of the dogs head is flat. The neck of the dog is circular in cross-section and joins a downwards sloping part, which is 42mm in length and slopes at an angle of about 45 degrees, the top half of this extended neck is open. This pouring spout and others like it were used in the 15th and 16th centuries and it is believed that they were used as pourers on leather bottles, secured to they by a leather strap so that only the head and neck of the dog would have been visible, similar spouts can seen in Bailey (1997, p57-59). Similar spouts have also been found at Great Bealings, and Chelmondiston, Suffolk (Portable Antiquities Scheme Records).
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