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Description: | Iron lynch pin (Group III vase headed), 110mm in length, with decorated, cast terminals of copper alloy. The terminals are 49mm apart, set at each end of a slightly bent, tapering, square-sectioned iron shank, 11 to 9mm across. A horizontal perforation, 5mm in diameter occurs at the base of the upper terminal but this is now largely blocked by iron corrosion. The top of the 21mm diameter upper terminal is decorated by raised motifs comprising (?), with two areas of basketry hatching (Celtic art Style V) executed in the wax before casting. Two undecorated areas between the motifs take the form of 'trumpet voids'. The lower terminal ends in a decorated disc, 16mm in diameter, bearing motifs broadly similar to those at the top, again with two areas of basketry hatching and another 'trumpet void'. On one side, the upper terminal and to a lesser degree the lower terminal, show evidence of very considerable wear, with the curved edges of the decorated end disks worn flat. On the opposite side, similar but less severe wear, is also readily apparent. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -299
-1 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Michael Lewis | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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