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Description: | Rolled sheet copper alloy rivet of a type in use from c.1400 to c.1700. The rivet is roughly the shape of a cone with a slightly widened triagular base which formed the 'head' of the rivet. The edges of this head are damaged with old breaks. It is 35.5mm long, 8.8mm in diameter just above the base and the head is 10.7mm long by 9.4mm wide; it weighs 8.61 grams. The rivet is made from a kite shaped piece of copper alloy sheet, the corners being folded and rolled in to give the current shape. The point would be pushed through the items to be riveted and the rivet hammered from both sides until the point had spread out like the 'head'; the complete point suggests this rivet has not been used. Such rivets were also used as pot mends for small holes. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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