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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy anthropomorphic support for a Post Medieval chafing dish, circa AD1600-1750. The support is in three components; a human head and upper torso is the main component with two arms which are attached by a rivet. Each component is made from cast copper alloy sheet. The head is depicted in profile with incised lines delineating the hair, eye, nose, mouth and neck collar on both sides. A curving upper torso survives beneath the head which terminates in an old break at chest level. The arms are attached by a circular rivet located in the shoulder area. The rivet has a diameter of approximately 2.7mm. The arms are crudely represented in sub rectangular forms which have dimensions of 23.15mm x 5.85mm x 2.51mm and 25.69mm x 5.77mm x 2.71mm. Both arms terminate in an old break. Length: 32.42mm. Width: 15.78mm. Thickness at pin: 8.75mm. Weight: 12.72g.A comparable example is recorded in Bailey:2000, p59, fig 4.
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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