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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy barrel tap handle.The section comprises a double openwork looped 'M' shaped handle at the top of a tapering cylinder with central transverse perforation. The handle is flat and has a central vertical bar ending in a large curved knop, the sides are curved and step in half way down before meeting the flat base; there are slight knops at the end of the flat base. A rectangular tab links the base of the handle to the circular solid top of the key. Below the top is the tapering, circular sectioned piece with an open base, filled with a white substance, probably lead. A central circular perforation runs straight through both sides. Probably 18th or 19th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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