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Description: | Lead alloy vessel. This is D-shaped in plan (flat on the reverse, rounded front), but is now slightly distorted. The sides taper towards the base and the rim is stepped out but plain. The rear of the bowl has been decorated with three engraved plants, all have circular flowered head consisting of radiating petals. The central plant has three stems that branch out from the main stalk. Egan 2005 ("Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition", Museum of London) p128-9 for similar items identified as bird feeders from excavated examples and contemporary illustrations. Egan states that these were used for holding water, green plants or seed for caged birds, and that "decorated troughs seem to date from the late 15th/16th centuries and later, while plainer versions continue at least until the late 17th century". Similar items but usually decorated with a cross may have been used as small holy water stoops.Date 1400-1600Length 36mm, width 62mm, height 46mm, (thickness of wall 3.5mm) weight >60g
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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