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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic candleholder, in the form of a dog. The dog is missing his hind legs. The head is at 90° to the legs and has two ears comprised of a triangle with a V-shaped cut at the top. There appears to be grooves around the snout. The dog is wearing a collar. The body of the dog survives, complete with a tail. There is a hole drilled through the centre of the body, suggesting this would have been where the socket was inserted. Other zoomorphic candleholders of similar form are usually standing on a base - the slim foot we see here would have easily slotted in to such a base. An example of a similar zoomorphic candle holder can be seen from Norton, Northamptonshire - PAS database No: NARC-6F6352. Also see Ward-Perkins, 1940, Plate XXXIX and Egan, 1998, p.148 no.116 (which depicts a stag). 14th century in date.
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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