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Description: | Copper alloy furniture fitting dating to the post-medieval period.It is most likely to be a decorative handle. The object consists of 2 parts which have been combined to make the handle. The piece which attaches to the furniture is a screw which leads to a circular disc (which would have been flat against the surface of the piece of furniture) at the top of a cylinder. This cylinder is then attached to a large circular disc. The disc is concave on the outside face. In this concave section is the face of a lion which was cast as part of the disc. This would have been the face visible when the handle was on the drawer. There is a crack running from the outside edge into the centre of the lions face.
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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