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Description: | Copper alloy fragment of a cast vessel handle dating to the Medieval period. The object is the terminal collar of a cast right-angled drop handle. The collar would have been attached to the end of the handle which would have passed through suspension loops so that the handle could swing freely. The terminal is in the form of a fairly crude animal head. It is appears to represent a bear's head and may have some sort of muzzle around the face. The ears are rounded and bear-like in shape. The bear's mouth is slightly open with a circular sectioned rod inside the mouth giving the impression that the handle shaft has passed through into the mouth. The remaining section of handle shaft has a broken section on the top and at the end where the handle would have come off at a right angle. A very similar example can be seen in 'The Medieval Household' by Geoff Egan No.487, Fig. 143. As cited by Egan, a similar handle survives from an original pair on a shallow sheet bowl from a hoard of 14th-16th century metalwork found in Wales. These types of handles may also have come from caskets or chests. The object measures 33.5mm in length, 14.04mm in thickness (across head from ear to ear) 16.86mm in width (from top of head to bottom) and weighs 25.64g.
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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