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Description: | A damaged but complete cast lead vessel which has been squashed somewhat out of its original form. It is of open form and semicircular section, intended to lean against (or be attached to) a vertical surface. The vessel flares out as its sides ascend; the flaring is more pronounced above a pair of longitudinal lines around two-thirds up the vessel's side. The lines are moulded in low relief. They are echoed by a another pair of lines at the upper lip. At the base the vessel is 38.1mm in length, expanding to 55.75mm at the (damaged) top. The majority of the surface of the vessel is covered with off-white corrosion product. As stated, the vessel has buckled at the back. It has also been pushed back at the front, on one side in particular. Many such vessels have been recorded on this database; the traditional identification is a late medieval, or early post-medieval, bird feeder or 'bird seed container', although other suggestions for use have been made (see Notes, below). The following references in the literature can be consulted for comparison: Read (1995, 127-128; fig. 811), Egan (2005, 129; ref. 617).
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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