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Description: | Copper alloyFireside implement fragment. Concavo-convex casting representing a perched eagle, probably a handle for part of a fireside companion set; a vertical screw-threaded fixing hole in the base indicates a recent date. The motif became especially popular in the period after the Napoleonic Wars, when the British capture of French standards topped with gilded eagles was much celebrated and commemorated; and subsequently as the merits of the defeated Napoleon were canvassed by liberal opinion. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1930.Height: 41mm, Width: 30mm, Thickness:1.8mm, Weight: 14.96gms.
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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