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Description: | Post medieval furniture fitting; cast copper alloy drawer pull/drop handle with rectangular loop (outer edge and sides recessed), narrowed neck, expanded rectangular plate with bifurcated end, curving towards the reverse. The plate is decorated with a slightly raised shield-shaped moulding with three oblique incised lines on each side. Transverse file marks on the loop, diagonal and transverse file marks on the plate (not on the shield). Mid green patina. Length 39.30mm, width of loop 14.33mm, width of bifurcated end 24.38mm, thickness at top of plate 2.27mm, overall thicknses including curved bifurcated end 8.5mm, weight 6.74g.
See NMS-567517 for a similar example. Also see Read 1988 ('History Beneath Our Feet') p162, no.1086. | 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: | 1660
1710 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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