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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Post-Medieval (1500-1600) unidentified zoomorphic object, possibly a vessel mount. It consists of a cow's or perhaps donkey's head rivetted to a thick plate beneath, shaped at one end to form the bottom lip of the animal. Measures 14.76x17.26x5.86mm and weighs 2.91g.The widest part of the object represents the horns or ears of the animal, extending to either side at the top of the head and curving outwards. To the front they are decorated with a wide groove. At the centre of the forehead (c.9mm wide) is a 2.7mm diameter rivet of a different copper alloy to the rest of the object. Below the brow ridge are two holes representing eyes, c.1mm diameter. The snout extends below into the rounded upper lip, which has two c.1mm diameter holes representing nostrils (c.6mm wide).To the reverse is a flat plate, c.2.5mm thick, with a worn break at one end (at the top of the animal's head). It measures 5.83mm wide at the break. The rivet is visible at the centre. Below the snout, the sides of the plate have a vertical U-sectioned groove, preumably to further define the snout. The end is fashioned into the bottom lip of the mouth, sloping upwards from the end and curved.The similarity in the style of decoration, particularly the hole-like eyes and the snout and mount, with zoomorphic knife end-caps of the 16th century suggest this object is of a similar date. However it is uncertain how incomplete this object is, and what it may have formed part of.
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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