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Description: | A post-medieval (possibly 17th or 18th century) copper alloy unidentified object, apparently complete but undoubtedly a component part of something else (now missing). It is 'L' shaped and largely solid, with a 5.1mm diameter, 8.5mm deep hole at the right-angle corner, narrowing into the shorter arm of the L, and a 9.2mm diameter, 21.3mm deep hole at the end of the longer arm, also narrowing along its length. This larger hole has a grooved inside surface, although it is uncertain if these are screw threads.To the outside the longer arm measures an oval 14.8x13.8mm at its open end. It narrows to 10.4x10.1mm underneath a block rectangular in cross-section (11.3x10.2x9.8mm) from which projects (the shorter arm) a hemisphere 13.3x12.5mm with a central conical element max.6.9mm in diameter and 7.3mm long.The longer arm has a rim around the open end. Above are six equidistant vertical lines each comprising three punched dots. At this point, the inside of the arm is hollow. Abover, three elongated U-shaped moulded leaves extend from the block element. These are decorated with a single vertical groove and diagonal grooves to either side, in imitation of a leaf. At this point the arm is solid with a central hole.The block is decorated on two opposing faces with a moulded quatrefoil, defined with a grooved X extending into each foil and with a central pellet. The hemisphere of the short arm is now rather worn but appears to take the form of four moulded petals. The cone is undecorated.The metal is brown in colour with patches of mid-green, rough to touch. The object measures 33.5mm in length, 27.8mm in width, 13.9mm in thickness and weighs 26.55g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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