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Description: | A copper alloy unidentified object of unknown date, perhaps the handle of a small vessel such as a porriger or quaich. The object is flat and two dimensional. It is a bar which is 40.4mm long and 3.7mm wide, which tapers to rounded points at the ends. One end is more oblique and may be a break. Extended from one side of the bar is an integral plate with takes the form of three openwork lobes, the central one larger and more worn. There is no visible decoration, but on the reverse is a series of five concave circular depressions on the plate between the lobes and the bar. There is no evience of attachment except for wear on the largest loop which may suggest that the object was suspensed, or use to suspend another element. The metal has a smooth brown patina. Compare LON-6D0F23 for a more ornate porringer handle. The object is 40.4mm long, 17.8mm wide and 2.5mm thick. 4.55g.
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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