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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object of Post-Medieval to modern date. It has a rectangular bar that has been bent at its centre as a result of post-depositional damage. At either end of the bar are spoon-shaped terminals set at 180 degrees to one another and at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane of the bar. These are oval shaped in plan with very smooth outer surfaces and uneven, unfinished concave inner surfaces. One of the terminals is smaller than the other and measures 33.58mm in length and 18.51mm in width, the larger example measuring 38.95mm in length and 24.13mm in width. There appears to be no evidence of decoration on the object, although the outer surfaces of the terminals were clearly well finished and perhaps therefore made to be seen, and there are small casting seams running the length of the bar from each terminal. The entire object in its current bent form measures 104.23mm in length, the bar is 6.30mm in height and 3.74mm in width, and weighs 43.48g. This is probably a component part from a larger object, perhaps with agricultural associations. The positioning of the cupped terminals facing in opposite directions suggests it may have been used as a link between objects or perhaps as a cover of some kind. Its precise function remains uncertain, however the method of production and finish f the object suggest it is of Post-Medieval to Modern date, perhaps belonging in the 18th-20th centuries AD.
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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