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Description: | Fragmentary copper-alloy zoomorphic fitting; consists of a flat rectangular shank of metal 3mm thick with an animal head terminal which is pierced sideways by sub-circular perforation. The moulded animal head, possibly a bird, has a pair of transverse incisions above its brow, inset eyes and a gaping beak which forms the perforated terminal. Helen Geake writes: Although the original date given for this object was 600-800 AD, no parallel was given and it seems more likely that the object should be dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period, by analogy with similar perforated objects with animal-head decoration such as lugs from chafing dishes. | 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: | 1400
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Gabor Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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