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Description: | Incomplete unidentified Medieval/Post Medieval object: moulded lozenge-sectioned head with stub of a square-sectioned shank. Decoration consists of a pyramidical terminal above two single collared mouldings around all four faces separated by a slight swelling, and then three spaced pairs of similar collars. Length 37mm including stub of 1mm. Maximum width 10mm. Several identical pieces have been found in Norfolk including a less incomplete one from Field Dalling found in 1999 (HER 31558) and another from Great and Little Plumstead (HER 45426). In January 2000, when describing the former example H.M.Geake wrote: "The other two examples have consisted of just the lozengiform-section end. All have had exactly the same combination of three double mouldings and two singles. The difficulty in interpreting them has been that they are incomplete, and the uncertainty as to whether this one is complete or not means that the problem of their identification is not yet solved! The moulding and flare on one face only [at the end of the shank] reminds me of the moulding at the angle of early post-medieval cauldron feet. They seem to be medieval or Early Post Medieval [i.e. 16th century] but function is still a problem!".
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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