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Description: | A copper alloy forked fitting which is 39.9mm long, 18.7mm wide and 12.3mm thick. It consists of two D shaped bars forming a forked fitting with a large sub-spherical knop which sits above area where the bars are joined. There is a circular rivet hole in the far end of each bar, so it is presumed that another element was held between the forks, with a wheel on a spindle, or a thin hinged element. The object has a crumbly red, green and brown patina which suggests a post medieval date. It is decorated with a forked raised bar across the rivet end of each arm of the fork, and another raised bar round the base of the knop. The object looks most like part of a rowel spur, but there are no obvious breaks where the rest of the spur would have continued round the ankle. It is also possible that it is a very short pastry jigger, or part of some other unrecognised object. | Subjects: | rowel | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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