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Description: | Roman copper alloy vessel escutcheon, probably second or third century ADThe escutcheon is complete and comprises a robust attachment plate and integral loop (with an overall length of 66.0mm, a depth of 24.0mm and a weight of 107.2g). The leaf-shaped plate (47.6mm long, 48.6mm wide and 11.1mm thick) has five projecting points the top two of which, have flattened tops to depict a vine leaf. The top edge is concave and rounded while the other four sides are angular and two projecting points. The face is convex with no surviving applied decoration and the rear of the plate is slightly concave across both its length and width with no means of attachment. The integral loop (with a length of 32.1mm) springs from the apex of the plate, resembling the stalk and is of sub-oval section, with straight and flat sides. The sides of the loop, both narrow and thin towards the terminal (with a width of 11.5mm and thickness of 12.9mm near the pale). The zoomorphic terminal (7.7mm x 5.6mm) has been faceted to resemble a bird's head, possibly a swan, with a looped neck. The loop terminal is directly above the plate (15mm away) and if attached to a vessel would close the loop. The surface has a pale green and black patina, possibly because of burning, which may therefore suggest vessel the vessel may have been use for cooking. No obvious solder or adhesive is discernible on the rear of the plate.The robust fitting may suggest a large vessel, possibly a bucket and the mount can be closely paralleled with two examples found at Namur in Southern Belgium (Faider-Feytmans, 1979, p 173, nos. 353-4) now in the Musée de la Société archéologique and the George Stroobants collection. The Namur examples both have dragon-head terminals and one of them was found associated with a suspension ring. Faider-Feytmans (ibid.) suggests that the vine leaf may suggest an association with wine.
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