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Description: | Vessel Fitting
Medieval (Probably)
61mm long, 41mm long, 16mm thick
The artefact is made from three sheets of copper alloy that has been bent into shape. When seen in plan the object is oval, but with one end truncated, so that one end is flat. The bottom sheet is flat (47mm long 41mm wide), the edges are very poorly cut making them very jagged, crack running down the centre, there are four rivet holes, one in each corner. It seems apparent that because the bottom section was long enough, a second sheet was needed to extend the base to the need length, therefore a second sheet was attached to the bottom one by the last two rivets.
The top sheet has been bent in four places down the middle in order to form a rectangular aperture (20mm wide, 14mm tall). This aperture runs down the length of the artefact and narrows inwards until it flattens out at the end. The four rivet holes are mirrored on this side and there is a copper alloy rivet in each hole. There is a rectangular hole in the top of the raised section, 6mm away from the aperture, this has been punched through and the sides are very jagged, this would probably have been a rivet hole.
The object has a mid green surface, there are regular patchy remains of dark green which is that original patina, particularly on the reverse. There are patches on the top, by the rivets of light green corrosion. The aperture is slightly misshapen.
Similar examples have been excavated in London and are fitting on the back of a vessel (in this case a ladle) where the handle was attached. The handle fitting into the rectangular aperture, and the rectangular hole securing the handle into place. | 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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