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Description: | A copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain date, possibly a vessel handle dating from the 17th century. It is a carved bar of rectangular section. Both ends are broken. It tapers at one end, and at the other end, has a sharp change of angle. The inner face of the curve is smooth. the outer face is decorated with a raised transverse bar and some transverse mouldings. The breaks are not well patinated, but the rest of the object has a smooth dark green to black patina. It is possible the object is part of a vessel handle, perhaps from a drinking vessel, or a drawer handle, the change of angle being the start of a flat plate which could have fixed to another object. The object seems too thick and heavy to be a bracelet, and too rectangular to be a handle from a pair of nutcrackers or similar. The object can be compared to CORN-24D453 which is identified as a vessel handle from a skillet or chafing dish citing the following references: "Butler & Green (2003) illustrate an escutcheon with a loop for a handle that is riveted on to a skillet which has been converted into a bail so that it can be carried like a bucket, on page 50, No.10, which is dated to 1666.Bailey (2000) illustrates a chafing dish handle which is angled in a similar way to follow the curve of the dish on page 59, Fig.3, which is dated to the 17th century."
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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