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Object type: Part of shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 30 cm (11.8 in); W. 33 cm (12.9 in); D. unknown
Stone type: Well-sorted, fine- to medium-grained, white to very pale orange (10YR 8/2–8/3) feldspathic sandstone. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (R.T.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 52
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 128
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A (broad): This face is decorated with a form of plant-scroll that appears to include the upper part and terminal of a two-strand interlace where the top loop is much wider than the rest. The strands at the top fold inwards to form two small, irregular, closed loops (now indistinct). Within the wide upper loop is a pellet, located below the small closed loop designs of the interlace terminal. A strand extends from the top right of the upper terminal loop to end in what appears to be a small berry cluster or a pellet. Further strands extend from the left- and right-hand side of the upper loop. The left-hand strand turns downwards and terminates in a plant-style formation with leaves or berries extending from nodes. The right-hand strand extends downwards into a series of seven or eight berries, possibly intending to suggest a bunch of grapes. The bottom of the central two-strand interlace is broken away. There is the hint of edge mouldings on both sides, which appear to be connected to the pattern at intervals.
B and D (narrow) and C (broad): Inaccessible
Probably part of a cross-shaft, this piece appears to present a variation on the plant-scroll designs which are featured in this region on several pieces (e.g. Stoke-on-Trent 1, Ill. 605), and so, like them, might suggest a tenth-century date.
