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Description: | A copper alloy zoomorphic terminal from a drop handle, of medieval date (c AD 1250-1500). The object is cylindrical, oval in cross-section, and in the shape of an animal head, perhaps a barking dog. There is a groove on either side of the neck, and a slight ridge around the neck which frames the head. The mask comprises almond-shaped eyes on either side of a snout which appears to terminate in two small holes. There are lines incised either side beneath the eyes which presumably represent an open mouth. The object is hollow with a hole which narrows from the back of the neck to the open mouth. There is some evidence of wear on the lower lip of the mouth and there is some evidence of a different type of brown corrosion material on the neck end of the object.This object has several parallels on the PAS database, for example SF-41547A, SF-D1A997 and IOW-2F6744 (all in situ on fragments of drop handle) and HAMP-403FE1, SUR-4F4336 and IOW-5D7724.An example was excavated from a context probably of c. 1270-1350 in London, and another was discovered in a hoard of vessels in Wales dating to c. 1400-c. 1600 (Egan 1998, 175, no. 487).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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