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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper alloy Jews harp. In plan, it has a circular head and long tapering arms both of which are characteristically lozenge-shaped in cross-section. On the front inside extremity of the circular head is a rabbet to accommodate the iron prong. There is significant iron staining around the rabbet. The arms are complete. They are about 4.3mm in width at their junction with the head tapering to 2.5mm at the ends. The surfaces are mainly covered with light green corrosion products. It has numerous file marks overall. The iron prong that was plucked to produce a note is missing. Examples of Jews harps are shown in Egan, G. (1998). The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150 - c. 1450; p284. and Bailey, G, (1993), Detector Finds 2; p76-77, refs: 4-6. Bailey (page 76) suggests that these examples date to the eighteenth century but a wider date rande is preferred for this example of circa.1500-c.1800 AD. The instrument is 62.0mm long, 25.2 wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs14.86g.
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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