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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy pipe tamper, dating from the post-Medieval period.The piece, representing the top of the tamper, takes the form of a three-dimensional bird. The body is at its widest and highest at the centre, on either side of which there is a stylised, incised wing. The body tapers towards an upward curve at the tail and neck ends, the latter being broken at the top. Extending vertically downwards from the underside of the body, there is a circular-sectioned arm which terminates in a bulbous moulding, broken on the underside.Dimensions: 26.9mm long, 7.3mm wide, 20.7mm high. Weight: 7.43g.A similar, but more complete, parallel, with a suggested date range of mid 17th to late 18th/early 19th century, is recorded on the PAS database (see HESH-023804).
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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