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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 cross-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 raised transverse lines around two-thirds up the vessel's side. They are echoed by another pair of lines at the upper lip. In the field between there are possible, yet indistinct, moulded patterns. At the base the vessel is 38.3mm across (projecting forwards 21.1mm), expanding to 62.2mm at the (squashed) 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. There is a cut to the front at the base. 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), although they have not been decorated to the extent of this object.
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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