Record ID: SF10245
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of heavy corrugated cast staple handle(?) attachment, probably from bucket or cauldron, found within a hoard. Decorated externally with five heavy ribs/corrugations, plain internally. At the base of these ribs is the remains of a transverse internal socket. The top, broken end of the ribs, is very thin in places. All breaks are ancient. Medium brown/green patina with paler green corrosive encrustations. Appears to be a high lead casting. cf cast staples from cauldron in Llyn Fawr hoard & from bucket(?) in Hatfield Broad Oak hoard (Davies 1929 - BAR67, Fig 8.1)
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.