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Description: | A cast copper alloy unidentified object of probable 17th century date. The object is a circular disc with a decorated convex face and a hollow reverse. An integral circular stem projects slightly from the centre of the decorated face and provides an attachment point or axis bar for a curved, decorative bar which terminates in a loop which articulates with the stem. The bar has a projecting flat knob on the back of the curve, and terminates in a oval projecting knop, described by some viewers as phallic. Both sides of the curved bar are decorated with foliage patterns. The disck as a diameter of about 41mm.A very similar object but with the disc differently decorated is illustrated on page 13 of Treasure Hunting, April 2000, but is also unidentified. One suggestion is that the disc is part of a skirt lifter, to clip womens trailing skirts up to keep them out of the way, but this would not seem to explain the ability for the disc to rotate. The Treasure Hunting example is decorated with raised hearts and trefoils.
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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