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Description: | Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast naturalistically modelled scaled claw of a bird of prey, with four digits, of which the one at the back is modelled without surface texture, grasping an object (now lost) which has left a rusty stain. A collar is set above the digits where a flat face with a central dimple of diameter 5mm indicates attachment to a further element, also now lost. The subject, of Romantic appeal if not alluding to Napoleonic themes, may suggest an early 19th-century date. Similar handles are known on contemporary seal matrices and on other personal gear. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1825.Height: c.37mm, Width: 32.1mm, Weight: 43.32gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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