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Description: | Cast copper alloy circular sectioned bar with a tab to one side. The bar has an old break at one end and widens slightly towards the other end where there is a incised groove seperating a terminal knop from the main bar. The tab is a flat sub rectangular piece extending from one side of the bar just below the complete terminal. The outer edge of the tab is worn to rounded corners. There is a circular hole drilled through near the outer end. It is 49.9mm long, 4.5mm in diameter at the top and 2.7mm near the broken end. It is 13.4mm wide including the tab, the tab is 7.8mm wide and 2.3mm thick. It 4.47 grams.This is possibly part of a Medieval folding candlestick like the one illustrated by Egan (1998:147, fig 115) although that example had slots int he tab allowing the angle of the socket to be adjusted.
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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