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Description: | Part of a post-medieval copper-alloy candle-snuffer. The object is a rectangular bar of copper alloy with rounded edges, terminating at one end with a pointed terminal in the form of three lobes forming a triangle. Each lobe is emphasised by a deep circular depression in its centre. A circular hole perforates the bar at one side at the terminal end. The main part of the bar is decorated on one face with an irregular row of ring and dot motifs. The bar is rectangular in section and is not complete, broken at the end opposite the terminal. The reverse is not decorated. The metal has a red dusty patina which suggests a post medieval date. The object would have formed one side of the box into which the 'snuff' (trimmed wick) would have dropped during trimming with a scissors-type candle snuffer. For other examples, see LIN-F6A115, SOM-409575 and PUBLIC-8BF257.They include HESH-18CE31, SF-220664, LVPL-DC4297, YORYM-60BE12 and SUSS-A975D4 and date from 1200 - 1700. An almost identical example is SWYOR-CCD888.
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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