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Description: | Part of the copper alloy spout from an Iron Age strainer bowl in the form of a fish-like creature's head emerging from a circular plate. Watson (1941) writing about a similar fish like find, from Felmersham, Beds, reconstructed it as a device at the head of a spring but Kennett (1970) writing more recently has argued that spout fits better as a part of a shallow strainer bowl.The head has two elliptical protrusions, either side of the spout. In the centre of these are roughly oval bosses signifying protruding eyes. A triangular, slightly pig-like snout comes out from between the eyes and forms the pouring element of the vessel. This is decorated with a pair of incised lines. Jope (2000, p118) describes a fish spout found nearby at Felmersham (Kennett 1970) as having a mouth with a protruding underlip, projecting tongue like from a circular mouth, cleverly profiled as though ready to savour a morsel by closing over the rolled-back upper lip. This latest spout is such a close parallel to the Felmersham example as to lead to the suggestion that they could have been made in the same workshop. The fish spout found at Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk (White, 2000).Two other parallels for decorative spouts have come to light in addition to the Felmersham and Ingoldisthorpe ones, An ox head spout found near Kirmington, Lincs (May 1971) and yet another design from a burial in Leg Piekarski, central Poland (Megaw, 1963) appear to come from shallow bowlsNB: This record is still being worked upon
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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