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Description: | A worn and corroded cast copper-alloy spur rowel of post-medieval date. The rowel is in the shape of a six-pointed star; the arms have rounded tips through wear. The arms are bevelled and are rectangular with rounded corners in cross-section. There is an off-centre circular perforation through the body of the rowel through which the bar attaching it to the spur would have travelled. Any surface decoration present has been lost: the surface is a mixture of dark green corrosion patina and traces of gilding over a red-brown core, suggestive of the high temperatures involved in the gilding process. Such a rowel can be dated to the 16th or 17th centuries. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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A bent cast copper-alloy purse…
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