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Description: | A copper-alloy drop handle from a piece of post-Medieval (17th to 18th century) furniture.The handle is is sub-triangular in plan and has elaborately moulded decoration. The long sides extend outwards towards the bottom, terminating in swirled lobes. The central image is that of a forward-facing cherub, the head being located at the top of a long vertical ridge with basal lobe, the wings flanking. At the top of the plate are two curved projections. Between these a central column extends upwards into a rectangular hanger with a ropework base and a pointed projection on each corner. The reverse is plain. There is a hollow behind the cherub's head and a square moulding above. The artefact is bent and corroded. It measures 46.9mm long, 40.5mm wide and 4.3mm thick. The weight is 9.48g.
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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