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Description: | Copper alloy medieval figurine of an angel with a 5mm long, 3.5mm diameter shank at the reverse, below the shoulders and off-centre. The figurine itself stands 42mm to the top of its head and 49mm to the tip of its wings. The wingspan is 63mm and the reverse of the wings are slightly concave. The patina is mostly intact and dark green. Lighter brown patches occur on some of the more prominent areas, and are perhaps through wear? Most noteably on nose, cheeks and head, the shoulders, hands and feet, and on the end of the shank on the reverse. There are also patches on the wings and wingtips. On the reverse especially, but also on the front of the wings, are patches where the patina seems to have flaked off, though the patina seems quite stable now, and has perhaps been treated. The head appears to be slightly cocked to one side, and has a squashed, uneven face. There seems to be a slight moulding and incised lines for the hair, which is apparant only to the front of the head, and around the face on three sides. Crude incised lines also mark the eyes, eyebrows and mouth. There is very little neck, below which the sholuders and arms descend, vaguely moulded but accentuated by incised lines. Two further vertical lines between the 'arms' indicate the angel is perhaps wearing a gathered garment, and holds something, a ?casket, in its hands. Below this, the body nips inwards before flaring outwards again to the feet. An incised line creates two legs and a moulding above the feet ?a gathering of material. The toes are triangular and peep out beneath. The wings are basically an isoceles triangle in shape, with one long edge curving in to meet the other, which has an edge following the outline of an S. One wing is significantly higher at its lower edge than the other, though is level at the top edge. Either side of the head the shorter edge of the triangle is cut straight. There is a c.3mm gap between wing and head on either side. Otherwise, the short edge of the wing extends from the shoulders. The larger wing is decorated with three lines running the length of the wing, two of which curve to follow the curved upper edge of the wing. One of these is forked at the end nearest the tip. Horizontally, incised / and \ shapes, some of which are more ( and ), define the feathers. The smaller wing has the same design, though the long incised lines flanking each long edge curve while the central one is straight. To the side of the body, underneath the feet and below the shank are casting imperfections -burst bubbles. The reverse of the figurine is flat compared with the decorated side, though not smooth. The back of the head is angular and squared-off. The maximum thickness is 12mm (head) while the minimum body thickness is 8mm (wings 6mm max and 2mm min). Although very crude, this is probably high medieval in date (15th century) and would have adorned a casket, or possibly crucifix. | 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: | 1401
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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