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Description: | Copper alloy and iron possible vessel fragment. A D-section iron bar sheathed with a zoomorphic copper alloy beast head, here interpreted as part of a robust and decorated handle. The bar projects from the gaping mouth of the creature, and its continuation is visible within the sheathing so far as the rear part of the head.The beast head is also of D-section with a flat and featureless underside. The edge of the gaping mouth is indicated by paired incised lines. A further pair of lines follow the centreline of the snout, and are curved behind brows which are modelled in relief as comma-shaped features. Almond shaped eyes with dot pupils and an inner brow line appear as incised features below the brows, and are filled with an inlay which is now brown in colour. A further pair of curved features modelled in relief behind the brows may represent the ears of the creature. What would form its upper neck bears close-spaced diagonal slashes below the ear in a triangular area on one side only, and more crudely incised diagonal lines, less crowded and aligned in the opposite direction, on both sides of the putative neck.Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.Length: 32.0mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness: 12.6mm, Weight: 18.09gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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