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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy object, probably a vessel escutcheon. The main body of the object is subtriangular in plan and concave in section. The bottom of the triangle expands into a curved, bulbous end, with the same section, with this portion set at an angle of 45 degrees to the main body. Extending from the opposite end of the subtriangular body is an irregular neck, perhaps once rectangular in plan, which is flat in section, set at an angle of approximately 10 degrees to the main body. Extending transverse from this neck is a subcircular loop with a pointed decorative knop to its rear. The loop is decorated to both sides with an incised line that borders the circular piercing and extends into the knop. Similarly a double incised line borders around the main body and rounded end, with short vertical strokes between the lines at the rounded end. The reverse of the object is plain and concave where previously mentioned. The object is abraded. The original surface is patchy and survives with a dark brown patina. Exposed surfaces are light brown. There are patches of light green corrosion. The object is 58.05mm long 24.6mm wide, 6.52mm thick and weighs 29.10g. The loop is 17.84mm in diameter, including the knop. A similar example could not be found for this object, but it is probably and escutcheon from a late medieval or post medieval vessel or other object. | 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: | 1400
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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