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Description: | A copper-alloy unusual possible Roman vessel mount for which no parallel could be found. It consists of a flat triangular part with a integral hook projecting from the centre of the straight edge. It measures 31.9mm in total length and 15.7mm in width across the flat triangular part, which is 2.9mm in thickness. The hook is rectangular in cross-section and measures 9.4mm in length and 9.3mm in width, it curves forwards overhanging the triangular part and then backwards. This object could have been attached to a vessel via solder originally although no traces of any solder or other attachment device can now be seen. More normally Roman vessel mounts have one concave face which is filled with a lead solder allowing them to be attached to the vessel. The originaly surface is no longer present due to corrosion and only a tiny dark brown fragment of the original patina survives, the rest of the surface is a light powdery green.
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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