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Description: | A cast copper alloy unidentified object. The object is a sub-rectangle in plan, with one corner having a smaller rectangle cut away leaving a narrowed rectangular profile which is also a broken edge. The opposite corner along a long edge is not flat, but up-turned, therefore in profile this corner has a curved edge. This terminal is not a broken edge. Along one vertical long edge the surface is broken, this is not a recent break as the patina covers the break. The upper face is decorated with a moulded ?R?. This surface also has traces of a black coating which may be a carbon deposit or an intentional coating. The surface of the object has a well developed shiny mid green patina. It measures 60.02mm long, 21.69mm wide and 17.6mm thick. It weighs 49.32g. The object is in fair condition, but it is uncertain whether it is an incomplete object or a fragment of a larger one.
The date of the object is uncertain, but the style of the ?R? and the nature of the patina may suggest a Medieval or Post Medieval date. The carbon deposit, if that is what it is, and the ?R? may suggest it is a fragment of a cooking vessel, perhaps the handle. However no comparison can be found with the rectangular slot at one terminal or the curved edge at the other. | 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: | 1300
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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