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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy suspension device probably for a hanging lamp. There is a tall central stem which ends in a large circular loop (11.2mm across externally, 3.9mm diameter internally). The stem is roughly square in section and at its base is a triangle whose corners are all extended into arms. Two are broken following old damage, while the other one ends 16.4mm from the stem and terminates in an expanded pierced lug. On the underside of the triangle, continuing the line of the stem, are the beginnings of a fourth lug. Similar objects are illustrated in Read (2001, 127; refs. 900, 901) and Egan (1998, 131, refs. 356, 357) and are dated to the later medieval period. Egan (1998, 130) notes that medieval ecclesiastical censers are similar to, though usually more robust than, these objects.
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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