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Description: | Copper alloy cast pipe tamper. The handle is cast in the form of St George slaying the dragon upon which he stands. Both the figures are slightly flattened. The figure of St George stands upright, wears armour and holds a spear. The spear is arrange so that it crosses the figure?s body diagonally and is shown entering the mouth of the dragon. Beneath the dragon there is s circular collar at the top of the shaft of the tamper. The shaft is faceted and is octagonal in section. At the lower end of the shaft there is a collar of two raised ridges below which the shaft expands to the flattened circular terminal. Dark green patina. | 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
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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