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A Late 17th - early 18th century copper alloy barrel tap.
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None, Felicity Winkley, 2009-06-01 15:52:14
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A Late 17th - early 18th century copper alloy barrel tap.
Description
English: A Post Medieval copper alloy tap (17th - early 18th century). The tap has a bifurcated key with ‘ID’ stamped just below the collar. The key connects with an hour-glass-shaped junction between the spout and the tube which fits inside the cistern. This tube is bi-conical and the end is roughened to help secure the tube inside the cistern. The spout is decoratively faceted with a stepped lip before it narrows at the tip.

A similar tap is illustrated in Margeson (1993:137 fig. 932) which is dated to the first half of the 17th century. Margeson (1993:138) notes “taps with bifurcated keys are seen as an intermediate stage between Medieval tap keys in the form of a cockerel, fleur-de-lis or openwork trefoil, and the flat-topped T-shaped keys of the 18th century. They were used with cisterns.”

Dimensions: Diameter: 22.90mm; length: 162.69mm; width: 52.70mm; height of tap: 103.73mm; thickness: 4.47mm; weight: 399.98g.

Reference: Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1600 and 1750
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 254323
Old ref: LON-81C758
Filename: Johannesen- barrell tap- Mar 09.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/212670/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/254323
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Object location51° 30′ 36″ N, 0° 05′ 23.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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