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Description: | Probably a section of a late Medieval/Post-Medieval cock fighting spur of copper alloy weighing 4.18g and measuring 48mm in length. The attachment fitting which would have been used to attach the spur to the birds leg is missing.It is triangular with a bent attachment edge and two long edges tappering to a point. The bent edge is straight and bent into a semi-circle. The corners either side of this edge are blunted. Within the curve (on the undecorated 'reverse') is a second rectangular strip of copper alloy, firmly fixed in place. Beneath this strip, towards the pointed end on the reverse, are remains the of solder, suggesting the object was attached to another piece. The longer sides are straight. The point is sharp and bevelled.The front of the object is decorated. Running parallel to the bent edge are two ridges, and along each long side is a groove. On the top half of the object are two molded 'v-shapes' pointing towards the tip. Between the decoration and the top of the object is thicker than between the two 'v-shapes' and this area is in turn thicker than the material between the decoration and the point. Abutting one side of the lower of these 'v-shapes' is a series of 9 short incised parallel lines. On the reverse are three straight lines crossing the width of the object and each other and a small circle. These appear to be randomly aligned and so may be damage from fighting.This object is remarkably similar to BUC-9C2534 from Hanslope in Buckinghamshire on the finds database, suggested to be a cock-spur from between 1500-1800.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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