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Description: | Unidentified ceramic object, probably post Medieval. This object is circular in plan with a rectangular shaft. It has an over all length of 108mm, a universal thickness of 25mm and weighs 198.31g. The circular portion has a diameter of 65mm and the shaft is 52mm long and 47mm wide. The object has an integrally moulded design to each side. Within the circular portion of one side is an eight petalled daisy design. The shaft is decorated with the relief moulding of a triangle, with the point facing away from the circular portion, beneath which is a globular moulding. Beneath the globular shape is the point of a triangle that is incomplete as the shaft has broken at this point, but it seems that there was a mirroring of the other triangle on the shaft. In the circular portion of the other side is a lozenge design, created by four pairs of V shaped lines. To the centre of the lozenge is a raised circle and at each corner is a raised semi-circle. The shaft decoration is the same. The object is orange in colour.The object has been manufactured in a sand mould, as sand can be seen and felt on the main body of the object. This is also suggested by the fact that there is no casting seam. The function of the object is unknown, though as it was meant to be viewed from both sides, it is probably a decorative terminal from an architectural feature or garden feature. The Post Medieval date is suggested by the sand moulding technique. If the object had been made after the Industrial Revolution it would be reasonable to expect a two part mould manufacture which would have, more than likely, resulted in a casting seam. The object is incomplete, having been broken along its shaft. Without a complete artefact or a known parallel this object, unfortunately, remains unidentified.
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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