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Description: | Copper alloy vessel spout. Cast tubular spout comprising a tapered and blind-ended stopper with a drilled hole of diameter 5mm in its side, and a curved pouring spout modelled in zoomorphic form as the head of a beast with a drilled hole of diameter 6.5mm at the end of its muzzle. The modelling of the spout is perfunctory but effective, representing either lips or the top of the muzzle, a ridge between this and a prominent brow-line, and small pointed ears laid back against the head. A low central ridge follows the top of the neck, the centreline of the muzzle, and terminates on a button nose. A spot of gilding suggests the spout was originally gilded overall. The zoomorphic or heraldic form is common among early post-medieval vessel spouts, but the provision for insertion into a tap hole is less common. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.Length: 66.8mm, Width: 53mm, Diameter (at maximum girth of stopper): 20.2mm, Weight: 96.40gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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