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Description: | Part of a copper alloy candle snuffer or wick trimmer dating from the Post Medieval period, about 1600 - 1750. The object is a rectangular bar of copper alloy with rounded edges, terminating at one end with a pointed terminal in the form of three lobes forming a triangle. Each lobe is emphasised by a deep circular depression in its centre. A circular hole perforated the bar at one side at the terminal end. The main part of the bar is decorated on one face with an irregular row of ring and dot motifs which are not quite central. The bar is rectangular in section. The reverse of the bar is not decorated but shows differential patination along one long edge and the shot edges. This may suggest that the bar was soldered to another piece of metal which did not continue over the whole bar. The metal has a red dusty patina which suggests a post medieval date. Compare SOM-409575
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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