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Description: | A seemingly misscast Medieval ampulla, dating AD 1350-1550. The object has a long neck that flares towards the rim. There are two loops at the base, just before the body. The body is oval in shape, with a slightly beveled edge on one side. There is casting seam running down the centre of the object, obscuring the decoration, suggesting it has been miscast. the object has been slightly squashed but would have had a flat surface on the beveled side and a convex surface on the other side. The metal is a light-mid grey colour. The decoration has now been obscured but would have covered the entire lower half of the object. On the beveled side is a "bilobate" crown, though the centre is completely missing and the lower edges are not aligned either side of the casting seam. There is a cross-hatch decoration below this to fill in the field. The convex side has two pointed ovals, either side of the seam and again they are not alligned. It is likely this was once part of a quatrefoil deisgn, with the two other leaves no longer present. There is cross-hatch shading above and below the decoration. Also on this side, the way the casting seam runs gives the appearance of a sheepherds crook. This may have been intentional or it may have been a flaw in the casting.A similar example has been recorded with the PAS, cf. SF-76EF77. It references similar examples from Salisbury that date to the period AD 1350-1550 (Spencer, 1990: nos. 138-144). However, due to the incomplete nature of the decoration, it is difficult to know for certain.Dimensions: length: 50.14 mm; width: 26.13 mm; thickness: 6.48 mm; weight: 28.16g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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