Record ID: LVPL-82A704
Object type: DRINKING VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy two-part handle from a drinking vessel (probably a tankard) of probable Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1550 – c. AD 1650). Overall length 104mm, 8mm thick, weight 62.5g. The handle is complete and the mechanism for lifting the lid survives but the lid itself is missing. The handle is irregular in plan and profile. In plan the handle is curved in a swan neck style. It tapers from the top, terminating at the base in a narrow sub rectangular flange. The flange would have been attached (perhaps soldered) to the side of the vessel. The handle is rectangular…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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