|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast lead alloy bird feeder of probable Late Medieval to post-Medieval date. The feeder has a flat reverse to enable it to sit up against a cage or other item; the front of the feeder is rounded and flares outwards from the flat semi-circular base terminating in a slightly out-turned rim. Two moulded horizontal bands run around the outside of feeder just beneath the rim. The feeder is mostly complete but is now distorted. Although generally interpreted as bird feeders, these artefact may also have been die shakers or measures. A close parallel for this feeder was found in excavations in Southwark, London (Egan 2005: 129, no. 617). The London example was unstratified however, according to Egan, the earliest feeders of this form date from the late 15th/early 16th centuries, with the plainer examples extending up to at least the late 17th century (ibid).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
VESSEL
A late Medieval or Post-Medieval…
-
-
-
|