Copper-alloy, 13.41 grams, 65.56 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy tumbrel comprising a rectangular-section bar and hinged internal plate. The outer end of the convex-underside bar is formed as a stylized animal head with bulbous crown and D-section snout, pan-arm missing. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, item 891. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Wirral, Cheshire, England.