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Description: | Fragment of a Medieval copper alloy skimmer. The remaining piece appears to contain both a fragment of the skimmer and also a fragment of the handle attachment plate that has also been broken and repaired in antiquity.The skimmer is now roughly triangular in plan and has three rows of holes with four holes in each row. The outer two rows mark the line of the break. The skimmer has cracked down the central row of holes and the off to one side. On the other side there is a roughly triangular piece of copper alloy riveted over the crack in six placed. The rivets are formed from rolled sheeting as per an example illustrated in Egan 1998: p155 fig 126.At first this covering sheet looks like a simple sheet repair, however it is very similar to handle attachment plates commonly seen on this type of artefact (cf ibid p157 fig 126 no 439), however instead of the end being open to take the handle, in this instance it has been folded over the edge of the skimmer to form a right repiar.It would appear that the skimmer suffered a crack around the area of the handle that was then folded over to form a convenient repair. Another handle was probably attached elsewhere on the skimmer.
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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