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Description: | A copper alloy hook attachment for spur leathers dating from the medieval period. The object is a sub-triangular plate with a hook at each end making the attachment S shaped in profile. The plate is decorated with two grooves down the centre within which survives gilding, and a bar across the pointed end. There is also some gilding on the edge of the plate. See Ellis (1995) in Clarke, 148-50, fig.106, no.369 for plainer examples. She says that these hook attachments were used from the thirteenth century into the post medieval period, but the style of this one appears to be late medieval. Another example on the database is NMS-9E6C16. This example measures 45.6mm long, 24.7mm wide and 3mm thick.
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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