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Description: | Medieval or post medieval cast copper alloy skillet or posnet handle fragment which is broken at both ends. The handle is D shaped in section with a flat top and convex bottom. It tapers from 28.2mm wide at one end to 23.1mm wide at the other. The top has three regularly spaced incised ring and dot decorations running down the lengh, and the broken end of a fourth. It is 55.2mm long, 7.6mm wide and weighs 58.11 grams. Air bubbles from casting are visible in the broken ends.A similar handle with ring and dot decoration has been dated to the 13-14th centuries (Butler and Green; 2003; 174) but this vessel type was used from the 13th century to the 18th century.
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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