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Description: | Part of a swivel, consisting of a D-shaped ring and an oval-section swivelling element. The D-shaped ring has a strongly curved part with a stylised animal head at either end; between the animal heads is a narrowed bar. The bar passes through a hole or loop in the swivelling element; below this there is a tapering oval-section shaft which has two grooves around it. The shaft would have fitted into a hollow globular central section, with another swivelling element and D-shaped ring at the other end. Both swivelling elements would be free to turn, held by one of the grooves, although the oval shape (the upper groove measures 4 x 5 mm, the lower 4 x 3) would result either in imperfect swivelling or the risk of losing the swivelling element, as has indeed happened. A parallel from Dragon's Hall, Norwich, has been dated to the 12th century from its Romanesque ornament. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1066
1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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