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Description: | A slightly damaged cast copper-alloy barrel tap of late post-medieval/modern date (c. 1700 - c. 1850 AD). The tap has a cylindrical body but has broken just below the handle. There is some decoration in the form of pair of circumferential incisions at the top and bottom. The main part of the spout is curved downwards and has eight facets of differing widths; broadly it is hexagonal. There is a wing dividing this from the extreme end of the spout which is circular in cross-section. The stem is of usual form, flaring to a maximum height of 21.75mm about one third of its length from the tap before tapering the rest of its distance (to 12.5mm). This second two thirds of the stem bears fine longitudinal striations. There is a small loss towards the end of the stem on the upper surface which may in fact be the result of a casting flaw. On the handle is a ?maker's mark reading 'I. PER[IN?]'.A parallel can be found illustrated in Bailey (1995, 63; ref. 19). It is possible that this artefact would have had a flaring winged handle, described as 'unusual' by Bailey, although present on very similar taps recorded on this database: SUSS-1FF3C6, IOW-D0D9F6.
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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