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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 circular base which formed the 'head' of the rivet. It is 27.9mm long, 6.5mm in diameter just below the head and the head is 11.3mm in diameter; it weighs 3.74 grams. The rivet is made from a kite shaped piece of copper alloy sheet, the long sides being rolled in to give the cone and the short point bent over to form the heade. 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, although bent, 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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