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Description: | A rolled sheet copper-alloy rivet of a type in use from c. 1400 to c. 1700 AD. The rivet is roughly the shape of a cone with a slightly widened sub-circular base which formed its 'head'. The rivet was made from a kite-shaped piece of copper-alloy sheet, the corners being folded and rolled in to give the current shape. 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 point suggests this rivet has not been used. Such rivets were also used as pot mends for small holes. This example has corroded to a mid-green colour.
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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