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Description: | Cast copper alloy lamp hanger dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is incomplete with two rectangular arms and the remains of a third arm. The arms are rectangular in cross-section and flare out slightly towards before they terminate in a folded over loop. There is a large regular perforation in the centre of the object through which would have been attached a central shaft or stem. The object has a dark brown patina and is worn.The lamp hanger would have been used with chains, to be suspended, and to have hanging lamps suspended from it. A similar example coming from a fourteenth century context from Medieval London, is illustrated in Egan, The Medieval Household, no.357. Similar examples which can be found on the database are SF-A9D0C5 and ESS-DB3F66.
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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