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Description: | This is a form of mediaeval pendant hook fitting for a belt. 68mm overall in height, it consists of an upper section, a straight vertical rod of 4.5mm thickness, terminating in a duck-like beast's head at the top. The lower part of the object is of similar proportions, but has a bellied curve, and on its outer shoulder bears a scutiform panel as if on the shoulder of a jug- or mug-handle. Overall the bar is shaped like an upside-down question-mark, and at the tip of the curving section it is flattened as if for some attachment. In fact part of the hook is here broken off, which would have risen further to its terminal.
The function of the object is difficult to determine. The curved section suggests a handle, with the rising neck and head above,but it is difficult to see how it would be attached, or what shape the vessel to which it fitted might be. The back of the rising neck or bar is ridged (carinated) in section, and has deep transverse notches for ornamental banding. The curved section is longitudinally carinated both inside and outside, suggesting a casting-scar, and that it was cast in a two-piece mould. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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