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Description: | An incomplete silvered copper alloy toilet implement of uncertain date, probably Roman to Post Medieval (43 AD - 1700 AD). The object comprises a strip of circular sectioned copper alloy, with a twisted handle, and the remains of a flattened ovate scoop to one end. Both ends of the object terminate in worn breaks. Silvering remains over much of the surface of the implement.The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The implement is 74.8mm long, 11.1mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 4.7g.Implements such as this are difficult to date with any certainty. Twisted handles are found on Roman cosmetic implements such as IOW-8E5564 recorded on the PAS database and also illustrated in Crummy (1983, p.61, no's 1926 & 1927) and Bishop (1996, 39; ref. 214). The style was however also in fashion in the late medieval period (14th to 16th Centuries AD). Similar earscoops were recovered from the Baynard House and Billingsgate sites in London, and were dated to Ceramic Phases 10 & 11 (c.1300 to c.1400). Each of these three were made from sheet metal, hammered into a scoop at one end and a flat pointed tip at the other, with an S-twisted shank (Pritchard, 1991, 379, #1758-1760).The present example is more similar to parallels of medieval to Post-Medieval date though and earlier Roman date cannot be ruled out. Following similar records on the PAS database such as WMID-257FC9 and LVPL-A00267 this object remains undated.References:Bishop, M C. (1996). Finds from Roman Aldborough: A Catalogue of Small Finds from the Romano-British Town of Isurium Brigantum. Oxbow Monograph 65. Oxbow Books. Oxford. Crummy, N. (1983). The Roman Small Finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9. Colchester Archaeological Report 2. Colchester Archaeological Trust. Colchester Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. (1991). Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. Museum of London / London: The Stationery Office. Pritchard, F. (1991). Cosmetic Sets in Egan & Pritchard, 1991. p.377-383.
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