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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy barrel tap (c. AD 1600-c. 1750).This spout has broken close to the junction with the missing stem.The spout is faceted and broadly hexagonal on the outer face, oval in cross-section on the outer face. Two stepped ridges divide the end of the spout from the faceted part.Height 37.17mm; width: 36.05mm; Thickness: 21.30mm. Weight: 40.63g.A similar tap is illustrated in Margeson (1993: 137, fig. 932) which is dated to the first half of the 17th century. Margeson (1993: 138) notes "taps with bifurcated keys are seen as an intermediate stage between Medieval tap keys in the form of a cockerel, fleur-de-lis or openwork trefoil, and the flat-topped T-shaped keys of the 18th century. They were used with cisterns."
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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