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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy barrel tap, datingAD 1700-1850. The object is composed of the cylindrical channel that would have fit into the barrel, having four lines of four circular perforations at the narrowest end and engraved lines running along the outside surface to act as a grip. The barrel tap is constricted just before the junction, the upper opening being broken around the rim.There is an engraved line running around the edges of each opening. The tap continues and bifurcates with one projection being closed and D-shaped in section while the other is open and would have acted as the spout. The rim of the spout is damaged and would have likely extended further. There is significant damage to the longest section of the tap, towards the end of the engraved lines that form a grip. An oval section is now missing from the body, where it appears to have been struck from the outside. There is also damage to the endof the tap.The object overall has a light-mid green pattination.Similar taps can be seen published in Bailey (1995, 60-3, nos. 18-19) with no. 18 being the most similar in style. These are believed to date to the 18th-early 19th century.Dimensions: length: 154.82mm; width: 39.40 mm; internal diameter of spout: 15.29 mm; weight: 180.37g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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