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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy trough. Originally D-sectioned (flat on the reverse, rounded front), now slightly squashed inwards and torn at the rim. It tapers slightly towards the base and the rim probably thinned and flared out. Length (height) 33.3mm, width at mouth 47.7mm, thickness at mouth (squashed) 12.7mm, width at base 38.4mm, thickness at base 15.5mm, width of metal at mouth variable c.1.7-1mm, weight 54.73g. See Egan 2005 ("Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition", Museum of London) p128-9 for similar items identified as bird feeders from excavated examples and contemporary illustrations. Egan states that these were used for holding water, green plants or seed for caged birds, and that "decorated troughs seem to date from the late 15th/16th centuries and later, while plainer versions continue at least until the late 17th century". similar items but usually decorated with a cross may have been used as small holy water stoops.
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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