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Description: | The handle from a cast, copper alloy sprung candle ejector of Georgian date (1700 - 1850)The handle is trefoil shaped being formed from three open circles, one sitting above the other two. The lower circles sit on top of a sub-rectangular and sectioned collar which tapers out slightly toward the shaft. On one side the handle and collar are flat, on the other the collar projects out and the three circles have chamferred inner faces. The circles are slighlty different in size and misaligned with each other.Below and in the centre of the collar is the stub of a circular shaft. The end of the shaft is battered, and further mishapen by a corroded iron deposit. It is not posible to determine if the bit started at the point the shaft is broken.The handle has a mid green patina. It weighs 8.8 g. it is 36.6mm long, 22.4mm wide, and 5.4mm thick at the collar.
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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