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Description: | Cast copper alloy drop handle from a drawer fitting, missing its escutcheon plate that it would have been attached to, which would have been riveted to the wooden drawer. The handle has a square attachment loop with a rectangular aperture, now filled with iron oxide which are the remains of the iron split wire loop that attached the handle to the escutcheon plate. Below the attachment loop is an expanded collar and then a narrowed neck between the collar and the similarly expanded shoulder. The body of the handle has a central raised triangular shield, decorated with oblique grooves, and a split tail below which curves around to provide an edge to grasp and to pull on. The surface is pitted and corroded to it is unclear if there is any other decoration but the tail appears to be plain.Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar handle with a floral escutcheon plate on page 16, No.1, which is dated from c.1690-1715.
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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