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Description: | A fragment from the base of a cast copper-alloy object, probably a candlestick, of Post-Medieval date. The surviving fragments indicates the object had a hollow or concave circular base with down-turned outer edge or rim decorated with two parallel circumferential grooves. At the centre of the surviving fragment are the remains of addition grooved decoration before the object terminates in old breaks. It measures 62.37mm in width, 32.77mm in length, 3.55mm in thickness and 27.88g in weight. This is a fragment from the base of a candlestick of probable Post-Medieval date (as Brownsword, 1985: nos. 1, 18). It is likey to date to between the 16th and 18th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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