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Description: | A complete copper alloy figurine 95mm in height and 20mm in width. The male figure is standing facing forward, the head is oval in shape and its incised eyes, mouth and projecting nose can be clearly seen. The hair is cut in a bowl shape. The figure is wearing a cloak and has its elbows bent and hands clasped together at waist level. On its back the folds of the cloak are expressed by longitudinal grooves and there are some transverse grooves which appear to be old damage. The underside of the figure has a circular drilled hole in it which is 10mm in diameter and 19mm in depth. James Robinson of the British Museum has examined this object and believes that it is the figure of St John and would have been attached to the limb of a processional cross. It is most likely to be 15th century in date. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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