ID | 638 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TL5718 |
Project type | Chance |
County | Essex |
Site | Great Canfield |
Site Name | Fitzjohns |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 1 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Location | Chelmsford Museum |
Ref No | 1979.513 |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Bird |
Name | Cockerel |
Bearded | No |
Is an attribute of | Mercury |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Good |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Stylised 1 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 50.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Chelmsford (no 386), Aston (no 670) |
References | Drury and Wickenden 1982, 239, fig 1.2, pl XVIII, no 2 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | Won't stand on its own, underside scarred - once part of a group? 'The bird is well modelled and finely executed, with delicate hatching added after casting; compared to the Chelmsford example, it is distincly sleek and quite proud' (Drury and Wickenden). |
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