File:Post Medieval, Unidentified object with a bawdy scene (FindID 591519).jpg

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Post Medieval: Unidentified object with a bawdy scene
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2013-12-11 14:41:10
Title
Post Medieval: Unidentified object with a bawdy scene
Description
English: A complete copper alloy unidentified object, possibly a mount, dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. AD 1700-1850.

The object is freestanding, consisting of a flat panel, with a scene in relief. The scene depicts a male and female figure engaged in sexual intercourse. She is supporting her weight on one leg (her right leg) while the left leg is raised and supported by the cradling arm of the male. Her upper torso is leaning forward, kissing the male and her arms appear to be wrapped around the back of the man, passing beneath his arms. The male stands on both feet, the right leg bent slightly back, his arm cradling the woman's left leg as his exaggerated phallus penetrates the woman. The reverse is undecorated and flat.

The object measures 37.7 mm tall, 23.3 mm wide and 6.9 mm thick. It weighs 27.7 g.

The bawdy or erotic scene depicted can be found on pipe tampers, some with the same scene (NCL-739535, SF-EE2934, SUR-9657B6 and WILT-FE9706) and others of the same genre but with different scenes depicted. If not a scene portraying rustic romance, it may be depicting the consummation of Aeneas and Dido in the cave during a hunt while caught in a storm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1700 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 591519
Old ref: WMID-879106
Filename: WMID-879106.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/449715
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/449715/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/591519
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 17 November 2020)
Object location52° 33′ 11.52″ N, 1° 44′ 17.27″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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