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drawer pull
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2013-05-29 13:51:24
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drawer pull
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English: Cast copper alloy drawer pull, with a rectangular suspension loop and a trefoil terminal, which would have suspended from a similarly florid escutcheon that was attached to a drawer in a chest or bureau. The pull or handle is decorated with moulded scrolls on the side knops and centrally with an anthropomorphic head, probably a cherub, on an extended neck connecting to a bulbous body at the base with wings either side. The head almost looks like a tulip rising from a bulb with leaves to the side, and is meant to emulate foliage. The pull is bent so that one side knop points inwards, and has corroded so that little of the original surface remains, with patches of bronze disease around the head and wings.

Read (1988) illustrates a similar cherub, stem and wings on a drawer handle on page 203, No.1423, which is dated from the 18th century.

Bailey (1993) illustrates drawer pulls with a similar suspension loops but simpler decoration on pages 16-17, Nos.1 & 18, which are dated from c.1690-1715
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 562317
Old ref: CORN-5D2E58
Filename: May2013finds66.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/428023
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/428023/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/562317
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