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Description: | A Post Medieval copper-alloy probable stopper from a scent bottle or similar. The object is similar to a casket key with a lozenge-shaped bow and a circular-sectioned shank with a solid end, but there is no bit. The bow has a knop at each of the three exposed external corners. The sides of the openwork bow are decorated with an incised central line with transverse grooves creating a herring bow effect. The two side knops are designed to look like loops, to give the whole thing a rope work effect. The flat bow protrudes from a crown shaped collar which is thicker than the bow and the shaft. The shaft is waisted before a wide and thick collar, which would actually seal the bottle. Beneath this projects a circular sectioned plug which has two flat faces filed opposite each other. The plug tapers to a blunt point. The flat faces may allow the object to work as a sort of key in a barrel chamber, but they do not appear to be sharp enough to give much purchase. The object is also similar to a tuning peg from a musical instrument, but it lacks the hole through the base of the shaft which would be needed to attach a string through. Compare SUSS-4C9AC4. There are traces of a black coating on the metal which could suggest a 17th century date, but the object may also be later in date.
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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