Record ID: HAMP-EFA6E4
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy handle from a barrel tap of modern date, pelta shaped and attached to the remainder of the object by the central section which has broken off due to an old break. The inside edges of the loops and the outside edge of the main curve are bevelled from a central ridge, possibly the remains of smoothed casting seams. The inside edges are densely covered in fine, transverse filemarks. The bottom of the curve is slightly flattened; probably after casting as the seam is absent here; so it will stand more or less upright balanced on the curve. The central secti…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.