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Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval Pouring Spout
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2007-02-10 12:57:49
Title
Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval Pouring Spout
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy pouring spout in the form of a dog’s head. Medieval to Post-Medieval (c. AD 1400 – c. AD 1550). Length 86.0mm, width 19.0mm. Weight 119.66g.

The dog’s head is tubular and oval in cross-section and holds a circular-shaped object (about 4.0mm internal diameter) in its mouth from which liquid would have been poured. It is possible that the circular object represents a barrel. The dog's head is angular and robust. Its nose is short and upturned, the nostrils being formed by scroll-like elements. The eyes have not been modelled. It has large sub-rectangular ears that project above the side of the flat-topped head. The back of the spout, where it would have been attached to a vessel, is curved and has a large sub-oval opening that narrows to become the circular opening in the mouth.

The spout is in fair condition and has a mid-brownish/greenish shiny patina although some of the patina has exfoliated due to corrosion. The circular opening in the mouth and the inner surfaces are particularly corroded.

A number of these types of spouts have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: <a href="http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=001411CC393016CF">SF-CC25D3</a> and <a href="http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_obj.php?type=finds&id=0014550E868017EE">IOW-0E8386</a>

Similar decorative spouts are illustrated in Bailey (1997, 57-59) but none of them show how they would have been attached to vessels. The spouts mainly date to the 15th century although their use may have continued into the 16th century.

Also see: J.M. Lewis 1987 "Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers" Finds Research Group Datasheet 7, 4-5, fig 8a. For a similar spout on a pedestal-base ewer from Cardiff Castle moat, dated to the 15th century.

Mills "Medieval Artefacts" (1999, 110, ref. NM 292) publishes another similar spout, noting they are from priests’ washing bowls (lavers), and dating them to the 15th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1400 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 159510
Old ref: IOW-DB9681
Filename: IOW2007-1-spoutdent.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/129798
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/129798/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/159510
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