Record ID: SF-B3F017
Object type: PERFUME BOTTLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, probably a perfume flask or bottle of Medieval or later date. It is in two joining fragments due to post-depositional damage. The vessel is hollow cast and in the form of a parrot, with remains of a blackened substance probably resultant from the casting process visible in the hollow tail end. The parrot has relatively neat decoration highlighetd through incised lines and punched dots. Its head is oval shaped in form with projecting sub-triangular crest with incised central grooves and notched edges representing feathers. It has a circular eye with semi-c…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', grid reference and parish protected.