Record ID: SWYOR-B1F331
Object type: DRINKING VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A part of a cast copper alloy two-part handle from a drinking vessel (probably a tankard) of probable Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1550 - c. AD 1650). It is 70.96mm long, width 16.12mm, thickness 5.75mm with a weight of 57.40g. The handle consists of a curved element, the handle itself, which would have been soldered to the side of the vessel. Only the top part of this survives. At the top of the handle are two raised perforated sub oval lugs. Through these lugs the mechanism for lifting the lid is attached by a single cast circular cross-section copper alloy pin/bar of which half surviv…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2009
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2012
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