Object Of The Year 2008
November 28, 2008 archaeology, object of the month
 
The first three winners of the year all came from the same site – excavations at the Royal Mint in 1986 (MIN86). January’s was a beautiful carved bit of sandstone with decorated floral motifs; February’s was a wooden bowling ball with four holes for the lead used to weight it;
 
March’s MIN86 winner was a carved column capital with guidelines for the arches above. Following that, April’s competition was a Tudor special and the winner was this fab child’s finger whistle decorated with two birds of prey. It dates from the late 16th Century and comes from Braidwell Street (BRA88);
May & June’s Winners were both delftware vessels; May’s was a 18th Century merry man plate from Althorpe Grove (AG75) which would have been the second in a set of six. June’s is also 18th Century and comes from the Fleet Valley excavations (VAL88). It depicts a cheeky little lion, possibly a reference to Charles I
 
 
July’s victor was a bone plaque depicting a griffin which would have been mounted to a box. It was found in 1988 at Dunster Court (MCT88). August’s triumph was the leather purse from 1974’s Trig Lane excavations (TL74). With two decorative roundals, it would have been sewn to a second part with a flap coming over the top to close it.
 
September’s success was a superb example of Roman Wall Plaster from Dominant House (DMT88). It would have been the top of a wall panel and is decorated with blue and yellow outlines on the red background. The first of the two October winners rediscovered during the LAARC VIP project was a post med lead spoon from Cutler’s Street (CUT78), with the inscription “Remember The Poore”
 
The second LAARC VIP winning object was this potter’s tool from Lambeth excavations in 1980 (L54/80), complete with wheel and made of iron. And the final winner is this medieval mould from Winchester Abbey excavations (WP84) which creates lion motifs.
It’s now up to you to decide which one wins the pretigious title of
OBJECT OF THE YEAR 2008!!!
Vote for your favourite object by clicking Here
The winner will be announced on these pages on Friday 12th December
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Sally Winter U3A volunteer :
Date: December 3, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
This was so difficult – they are all marvellous. As a bowler I wanted to vote for that; the potter’s tool is superb; the bone plaque took some carving; the delftware is lovely and how did the leather purse survive!and the sweet little lion mould too.
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