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Description: | It is a cast copper-alloy object, most probably one half of a handle. The remainder of the handle is S-shaped and terminates in an acorn. It is suggested here that the object was part of a handle because the inside of the ring-shaped acorn terminal is worn smooth through abrasion.
Probably part of a handle of a vessel or else, a furniture fitting, i.e. part of a drawer handle. However, the object is difficult to date since furniture fittings and part of vessels of the same shape are known from Roman and Medieval time - furthermore, using acorns as means of decoration was also not uncommon during Roman and Medieval eras. | 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 | Creator: | Dot Boughton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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