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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy mount, probably from the rim of a metal vessel.The solid-cast mount takes the form of a seated or swimming bird resembling a stylised duck. The body is drop-shaped when viewed from above, and is of triangular section, with a central ridge extending longitudinally down the upper surface. The neck extends upwards from the wider end of the body, forming an angle of nearly 90 degrees. Like the body, the neck also has an angular appearance; it tapers to a rounded head. The beak extends horizontally forward from the face, which has no clear features. An integral, circular-sectioned rivet projects straight downwards from beneath the front end of the body.Length: 29mm; width: 10.5mm; height: 21.1mm; weight: 8g.A parallel for this mount was found in a Late Roman context in Colchester (Crummy 1983: 142/fig. 171, no. 4268). The general consensus is, however, that such mounts are 1st century in date and were produced mainly as decoration for the rims of metal vessels. A similar mount is PAS ref. WILT-D685E8, the record for which mentions examples of duck-shaped mounts having been found on 1st century strainer bowls from Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire (WILT-92B052); Brandon, Suffolk and Santon, Norfolk; however, the recorder of this mount has not seen any images of the aforementioned pieces and it is unclear as to whether the examples from Norfolk and Suffolk have been published. Further parallels on the PAS database include BH-2DA8C6, SF-3BBD70, SF-DF4933, SF-EB55A2 and SF-3BA2C7.
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