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Description: | A cast lead alloy bird feeder of Post-Medieval date. The feeder has a flat reverse to enable it to sit up against a cage or other item; the front of the feeder is rounded. The edges of the object are uneven and damaged. The object has a light grey patina.Although generally interpreted as bird feeders, these artefacts may also have been die shakers or measures. A parallel for this feeder was found in excavations in Southwark, London (Egan 2005: 129, no. 617). The London example was unstratified however, according to Egan, the earliest feeders of this form date from the late 15th/early 16th centuries, with the plainer examples extending up to at least the late 17th century (ibid).
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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