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VESSEL
Unique ID: BUC-51F571
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal from a right-angled drop handle (1300-1500). This collar, one of a pair, would have fitted over the terminal end of a handle and would have been secured by the handle being burred over. This is circular in section and flat at each end and is in the form of a crouching pig like-beast. The head is delineated by a line curving over its back and has slits for eyes and mouthThe haunches are shown by another but opposing line. The rear of the beast has the circular scar of the join with the handle. A similar terminal can be seen on an illustrated handle from London (Egan 1998: 175, ref: 487). As cited by Egan (1998, 175), a similar handle survives from an original pair on a shallow sheet bowl from a hoard of 14th-16th century metalwork found in Wales. These types of handles may also have come from caskets or chests.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.54 mm
Width: 14.34 mm
Thickness: 10.62 mm
Weight: 14.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Wing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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