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Description: | A post-medieval cast copper-alloy pipe tamper in the form of a set of bellows (c. 17th century AD). The foot of the tamper is cone shaped and decorated with a double transverse incised groove near the base. At the top of the cone is a short circular sectioned 'waist' from which the upper part of the tamper expands out in a fan shape. This is decorated with a triple ridge and double groove. The boards of the fan are flat, pointed ovals with a central handle, broken off at one side. The surviving handle follows the line of the board and expands gradually, sub square in cross-section. Between the front and back the sides curve out following the line of the front and the back, there are three grooves running up both sides and across the top giving the impression of folds in a bellows. Other examples have been recorded on this database, with varying degrees of decoration: SUSS-7028A5, LON-3E0CF6, SUSS-7028A5. The artefact has corroded to a dark brown/orange colour with some patches of light-green and off-white corrosion product.
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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