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Description: | Roman copper alloy vessel handleThe handle is incomplete and is broken at one end, with a surviving length of 76.2mm and has a weight of 77.0g. The handle is deeply curved and is of lozenge section, with a thickness at the break of 9.1mm and a width of 7.4mm. At the top of the handle are zoomorphic figures, comprising a bird and horse. The seated bird, probably a duck, has a length of 37.0mm, a maximum width of 13.4mm and a height of 21.9mm. The feathers of the bird are depicted with transverse lines, forming chevrons at the rear. The horse is depicted on its back and is only represented by the front half of the animal. There is a small gap (0.7mm) between the beak of the bird and the head of the horse. The style of the horse may be seen as naïve, the snout is concave and is flat ended. The inside neck of the horse forms an open loop with the crude, upward projecting legs. The pointed ears are concave and project upwards, containing a single incised line. The mane is depicted by transverse incised lines, again forming chevrons. The front of the handle is beaked and is likely to represent the front of a dolphin. The underside of the beak contains remnants of a white deposit, likely to be an adhesive or solder for attachment to a vessel lid. The surface of the handle is well-preserved with a pale green patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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