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Description: | A complete copper-alloy hinge of seventeeth or eighteeth century date. This hinge measures 30mm in length and 12.5mm in width at its widest point. It consists of two halves which are asymmetrical, one has a roughly rectangular shaped part at the hinge end with a circular rivet hole through its middle, this half is waisted in its centre and flares into an open work heart-shape. The other has an open work triangular end nearest the hinge end, is again waisted in its centre and has a transverse bar before a smaller oval-shaped terminal, which has a circular rivet hole through its centre. The two halves are now parallel as they have been pressed together. Traces of iron corrosion can be seen around the hinge end, this is derived from the small iron rivets and a probable iron bar. Hinges of cast or sheet copper-alloy were used on doors in structures as well as on furniture and vary in size considerably. This sheet example is most likely to be from an item of furniture due to its small size and most likely to be circa seventeeth century in date as seventeeth century hinges are frequently asymmetrical with ornate outline and openwork. The rivet holes would have allowed it to have been attached to the item of furniture it derived from. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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