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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy right-angled solid drop handle, from a vessel (c. 1270-c. 1350).The horizontal shaft is hexagonal in cross-section and measures a maximum of about 7.2mm x 6.0mm. However, the front and rear faces are slightly convex. The two vertical shafts are also hexagonal in cross-section and have a width of 5.9mm and a thickness of 5.8mm. There is an acorn knop at each of the two corners where the shafts adjoin. At the centre of the horizontal shaft is a swelling which is hexagonal in cross-section with the front and rear face being slightly convex. The swelling is defined by a circumferential rib at each side. This central feature is 15.9mm in width. Mid-way along the length of the vertical shaft, on one side only, are distinct wear marks. These wear marks were probably created when the handle was in contact with the rim of a vessel to which the handle was attached. Only one of the attachment ends has survived. The surviving part is at right angles to the vertical shaft and is oval in cross-section. This complete attachment end terminates with a heavy collar in the form of a crude animal head defined by grooves on each side. The collar is oval in cross-section and measures 15.9mm in length; 13.0mm in width and 9.8mm in thickness. The distance between the zoomorphic collar and the vertical shaft is 10.0mm and this part accommodates an attachment loop with projecting shoulders and a riveted end which is burred over slightly. The loop is roughly circular with an internal diameter of 5.1mm, an outer diameter of about 14.3mm and is 4.3mm in width.The handle is in fair condition and has a matt green patina interrupted by small areas of active corrosion. The attachment loop is fused to the handle by light green corrosive products.Length: 116.6mm; width: 46.0mm; thickness: 14.3mm. Weight: 52.27g.A very similar handle has been found in archaeological excavations at Victoria Street ('Baynard Castle Dock') in London. This example has been tentatively dated c. 1270 - c. 1350 (Egan 1998: 175, ref: 487). A similar handle (originally one of a pair) survives on a shallow sheet metal bowl from a 14th-16th century hoard of metalwork from Wales (quoted in Egan ibid). A similar handle can also be seen on a vessel in a woodcut by M. Wohlgemuth from Der Schatzbehalter by A. Koberger, published in Nuremberg in1491 and reproduced in Pelner Cosman: 1999: fig. 13).A number of these handles have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-AEBCA5; HAMP- A7BD11; IOW-B14092; IOW-6E4393; IOW-61F305; LIN-567D96; PUBLIC-6E7612; SF5543 and SOM-C51662.Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150-c.1450. Medieval finds from Excavations in London 6. London. Museum of London: The Stationery Office.Pelner Cosman, M. 1999. Fabulous Feasts. New York: George Braziller.
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