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Description: | An unidentified cast copper alloy and gilded object of Medieval date, probably thirteenth or fourteenth century (c. AD 1200 ? c. AD 1400). Length 22.3mm, width 21.0mm and 2.7mm thick. Weight 5.97g.
The object is trapezium shaped in plan (two of the sides are parallel). At the moulded front it is convex in the vertical plane and the rear is concave in the vertical plane. The moulding at the front consists of a chimerical beast facing right (as viewed from the front). The front half of the beast appears to be that of a bird and the rear half is in the form of a quadruped with its tail raised, curving backwards and then forwards. The rear face is plain.
Both faces of the object are corroded and a patina has not survived. It has traces of gilding on the front. | 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: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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