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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy possible toilet implement, seemingly broken at one end with the bowl abraded at the other. The bowl expands gradually out of the handle into a piriform shape, with significant abrasions at the tip. This broken scoop or bowl is shallowly concave (W.: 7.75mm). It has been bent at an angle of about eighty degrees to the handle, presumably as a result of old damage. The handle is formed of twisted wire, also bent and probably snipped. Twisted handles are to be found on Roman cosmetic implements, although distinguishing them from medical implements is difficult, as is often acknowledged. Indeed, a post-medieval ear scoop or spoon is not an implausible identification for this presumably incomplete artefact. It has corroded to a red/brown colour with small patches of off-white and green corrosion product. The colour is consistent with gilding; possible traces of gilt survive.
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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