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Description: | Copper alloy spout. Cast zoomorphic pouring spout, simply modelled as the head of a hound from whose gaping jaws protrudes a round spout of external diameter 10.5mm with an aperture of diameter only 3.5mm. The inner end is expanded and curved downwards so as to direct liquid from a vessel, probably of another material. The hound has a slightly upturned nose, a ridge on the crown of its skull which is continued as a slight keel along the back of the spout, and sub-rectangular ears hanging down. It resembles the heraldic greyhound which was one of the badges used by Henry VII (1485-1509). The narrow aperture would result in liquid flowing in a thin stream when the spout was used to dispense liquid, and with some force if the vessel were of ample capacity. It probably evinces an interest in formal dining in a setting of some pretension. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500.Length: 72.2mm, Height: 54mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness (wall, at back): 4.6mm, Weight: 74.41gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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