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Description: | A Romano-British copper-alloy spatula handle in the form of the helmeted head and bust of Minerva. The figure wears a Corinthian helmet with diagonally-cut notches on the crest. An integral loop, which has its opening facing forwards, extends from the tip of the helmet. A band of vertical notches emerges from the base of the helmet, presumably representing hair. The facial features are worn, and only an angular nose and straight lips can be discerned from the photograph. At the front the tunic has a deep V-shaped neckline. Two transverse ribs separate the bust from a triangular, flared, bifurcated base, into which the the iron handle would have been inserted. The front of the base is decorated with a pellet-in-ring motif. A series of notches decorate either side of the base.Over twenty examples of such figural spatula handles have been recorded on this database to date, many of these have been discussed by Worrell (2008, 356-357). Their style varies, as do those illustrated by Feugere (1985), attributable to different workshops copying the overall prototype.Feugere, M, 1995, Les spatules a cire a manche figure, Worrell, S, 2003, More Minerva bust wax spatula handles(in) Lucerna Roman Finds Group Newsletter, vol 25. Crummy, N, 2002, Wax spatula handle from Yorkshire, (in) Lucerna Roman Finds Group Newsletter, vol 23.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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