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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy candle holder of post-medieval date. The holder is hollow and circular with tapering sides decorated with evenly spaced double banded circumferential grooves. The base of the holder tapers to a worn break and the interior is undecorated.The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The holder is 47.7mm long, 22.5mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 46.7g.A similar example can be seen in Egan p.81, fig.69, no.337 and is dated to c.1530 - 1650. Similar examples can also be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as NCL-B92ED5, IOW-AF4617 and BERK-8FEF75.
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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