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Description: | A damaged but complete cast lead vessel which has been squashed somewhat out of its original form. It was 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 slightly pronounced above a pair of raised transverse lines around two-thirds up the vessel's side. They are echoed by an upper line at the lip. The field between is plain, unlike on other examples (cf. HAMP-5EE152 on this database for example). At the base the vessel is 38.85mm across (projecting forwards 17.95mm), expanding to 67.55mm at the (squashed) top, where the front and back have been pushed together. 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 up and forwards 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).
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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