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Description: | Cast copper alloy barrel tap section of late medieval or post-medieval date. The section comprises a double openwork looped handle at the top of a tapering cylinder with central transverse perforation. The handle is flat and has a central vertical bar ending in a large curved knop, the sides are curved and step in half way down before meeting the flat base; there are slight knops at the end of the flat base. A rectangular tab links the base of the handle to the circular solid top of the key. Below the top is the tapering, circular sectioned piece with an open base and a central circular perferation running straight through both sides. It is 58.0mm tall, the handle is 27.8mm wide by 3.1mm thick, the key is 18.3mm in diameter at the top and 15.4mm in diameter at the base; it weighs 26.17 grams.
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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