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Description: | An oval copper alloy furniture fitting, most likely to be a door or draw handle. The item is probably 18th or early 19th century in date. The handle's design is comprised of a central mock intaglio set within a series of five concentric rings. The first of these rings is a series of 20 rounded pellets. This ring is surrounded by a plain grooved ring. The third ring is decorated with a series of diagonal lines that rotate around the central rings in a clockwise fashion. This ring is surrounded by another grooved but plain ring. The outer most ring is decorated with 46 rounded pellets. There is a hole (2mm in diameter) where a 47th pellet would be. Opposite this hole, in the fourth decorative ring is a larger hole (6mm in diameter). These holes probably represent the means of attaching the handle to the item of furniture. The reverse of the object is unadorned and would have once sat flat against the item of furniture to which it was attached. The object has suffered from plough damage and is slightly creased. The outer ring is also slightly torn in one place.
The furniture fitting's shape and design is reminiscent of 4th century Roman disc brooches. Given that the item was probably created in a period of profound antiquarian interest it is possible that the artefact's design represents an effort to imitate classical craftsmanship. | 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: | 1700
1799 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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