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Description: | A complete and slightly misshapen cast copper alloy drop-handle of Post-Medieval date, probably seventeenth to eighteenth century date. Length: 40.2mm; width: 42.4mm; thickness: 10.4mm; weight: 15.62g. In plan the cast in one piece handle is pelta-shaped having a rounded base and cusped either side of the attachment housing. The handle frame is largely sub-circular in cross-section, although it expands at the base and becomes oval in cross-section. The attachment housing is almost square in plan and measures 11.9mm x 11.5mm x 10.4mm. It has a curving front with a horizontal decorative ridge and the sides formed by integral lugs project rearwards to form a hollow area. Each lug has a circular perforation to accommodate a bar that enable the handle to swivel (the bar is missing). One of the perforations has a diameter of 2.1mm and the other side is slightly larger with a diameter of 2.8mm. This larger perforation is countersunk on the outer face of the lug. No patination has survived and the surface colour of the metal is mid-brown.
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