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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy figurative object (c. 1600-c. 1860).This object is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The front depicts a lion rampant guardant. The head faces forward and the facial features, hair and mane are well defined. Viewing the object from the front, the slender body curves downwards to the right and terminates with abreak on each rear leg. Both front legs project outwards to the right and a jewelled crown is held with the paws. The rear of the object is plain and flat and there is an incomplete integral pierced lug at the rear of the crown. A break has occurred across the hole of the lug.This object has a patchy green patina and the breaks are abraded.Height: 37.2mm; width: 32.6mm; thickness of plate: 2.7mm; overall thicknes: 6.0mm. Weight: 8.79g.The object may be associated with the British East India Company as their Arms depict a lion rampant holding a crown.http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/eastindia.html (accessed 08/07/2013).
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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