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Description: | A small, incomplete and damaged post-Medieval cast copper-alloy barrel tap (c. AD 1600-c. 1700).The tap has a hollow body with a spigot which tapers towards the end for inserting into the barrel. A housing that accommodates the stem of the copper-alloy handle has three facets at either side. The spout is possibly zoomorphic in form as two small projections at the top may represent ears and two semi-circular depressions just below may form eyes. At the front there is a horizontal ridge. The open end of the spout has eight facets. The lower part of the stem (above the housing) is circular in cross-section and the upper part is rectangular in cross-section. Its terminal is missing due to a break.The main body of this tap is purplish brown with buff corrosion deposits. The stem is covered with friable light green corrosion deposits.Height: 32.40mm; length: 74.62mm; thickness: 11.04mm. Weight: 25.34g.A similar tap has been published and illustrated by Bailey (1995, 62; ref. 16). Bailey suggests that the handle terminal would have been in the form of a cockerel.
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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