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Description: | A complete copper-alloy pipe tamper of the post-medieval period. The pipe tamper depicts an erotic scene, a couple engaged in sexual intercourse with the female partially seated and the male standing in front of her. The base of the tamper is a fluted column with pedestal base.A very similar example to this tamper is illustrated in Murawski (2003, 605; P99-0109), although it is unprovenanced and undated. Bailey (1995, 64) also refers to erotic tampers. Bawdy scenes were important features of eighteenth-century popular art, literature, and material culture, and it is this tradition into which these tampers fit. A closely dated, complete parallel comes from the wreck of the Colossus, which sank in 1798. Similar examples recorded on this database, including (LANCUM-F58134) and a fragmentary piece from Northamptonshire (NARC-B2B1B7).
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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