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Description: | A cast copper alloy casket handle of Late Medieval date. It is mostly complete but the terminal from one side is missing, due to old breaks. The loops for attachment to a casket are also missing, but there is an area of discolouration on the arm adjacent to the terminal where the loop would have been. The upper bar of the handle has knops at both corners set at and angle of 120 degrees. There is a swelling at the cente of the bar, defined by narrow collars on either side. The sides of the handle are 37.45mm in length, and angled inwards at approximately 60 degrees. One side is missing at this point, but the other then turns outward at c.90 degrees, and is 15.5mm in length before finishing with a heavy barrel-shaped terminal. The latter is decorated with a stylised animal head, maybe a dog or boar. The sides and upper bar are faceted and some tool-marking can be seen.The handle measures 46.53mm in length, 102.83mm in surviving width, and weighs 70.7g. the upper bar has an average thickness of 7.5mm, extending to 11,5mm at the centre. The side arms are c. 6.7mm in thickness, and the animal-headed terminal is 20.93mm x 14.62mm. This type of handle dates to the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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