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Description: | A copper-alloy socketed attachment from a medieval skimmer plate. Several such plates have been found during excavations in London in levels dating from the 14th to late 15th century AD (see G.Egan; 1998; pp. 155-8).
The object is badly bent and torn. It is made from a piece of sheet metal which has been folded into a cone, tapering from top to bottom, with an open back and a vertical attachment flap on each side. Each attachment flap has three surviving rivet holes, two of them still containing the copper-alloy rivets. The purpose of this socketed attachment was to join a wooden handle to the circular skimmer plate. It is worth noting that a portion of one of these skimmer plates was found in proximity to this object (see PAS record no. BH-B51115).
In its current form, the object measures 62.1mm long, 26.4mm wide and 14.5mm high. The weight is 13.98g. | Subjects: | Attachment | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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