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Description: | Two adjoining handle fragments from a vessel which dates to the medieval period, or mid thirteenth to sixteenth centuries AD. The fragments are ceramic and are incomplete.In plan the smaller fragment is sub-rectangular while the larger fragment is trapezoid shaped, with uneven sides which flare out to a wide base. The wide base is the point where the handle would have been connected to the main body of the vessel. In cross-section both fragments are sub-oval in shape, while in profile the fragments join together to form a bowed handle, which is sub C-shaped. The material is light yellow in colour with a light grey core. Frequent inclusions (approximately ten percent) of sub angular quartz and grit (less than 2mm in diameter) are also present throughout. The material is very hard suggesting that it has been fired at a high temperature. The surface of the fragments is very rough and uneven. The outside edge of the handle is decorated by a series of 9 random sub-circular holes. The holes do not perforate the width of the handle. The outer edge is also decorated with a mottled orange green glaze.The smaller fragment is 41.1mm long, 32.9mm wide, 18.1mm thick and weighs 25.21g. The larger fragment is 47.6mm long, 43.8mm wide, 30.4mm thick and weighs 39.85g. The two fragments undoubtedly come from the same vessel, as the two pieces fit together. If the size and the thickness of the handle are indicative of the size of the original vessel, then the original vessel was probably quite large. Unfortunately the handle fragments are now broken. The break is clean and not very worn which suggests that the break is fairly modern.
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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