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Description: | A corroded and slightly damaged post-medieval furniture fitting: a cast and forged copper-alloy drop handle from a drawer pull. The object is sub-trapezoidal in shape, with a constriction below an elaborate sub-square suspension loop. At the other, thick, curling end the handle is bifurcated with a rearward lug scrolling to one side; the other has broken at the point it splits. The main field below the constriction features a raised triangular moulding with diagonal incisions, four along each side. The constriction is formed of a semicircular cut out to each side. The loop is recessed with a rectangular perforation. The top side is longer at 16.8mm. An example of such a later Stuart drawer-pull can be found illustrated in Read (1995, 162; ref. 1086). For a complete example from Norfolk see this database: NMS-567517. This piece has corroded to a red-brown colour with areas of off-white and light-green corrosion product. The top side of the suspension loop features iron corrosion product. The suspension loop has been bent upward following old damage.
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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