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Description: | A copper alloy probable thumb piece or latch from a gate or door. It is in two pieces, broken at the hole where the axis bar would have run through. The thumb plate is disc-shaped, narrowing into a shaft, circular in section. This curves towards the end, with an acorn-like knop. The presence of copper alloy as the primary material suggests an earlier date than modern, although the metal has not patinated much. The shape of the knop may suggest an early post medieval date in the 16th century. The curved shaft measures 94.6mm x 13.9mm x 8.3mm, weighing 26.77g. The discoid plate is 33.1mm x 22.6mm x 12.2mm, weighing 10.96g. | Subjects: | Latch | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ward, Stuart | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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