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Description: | A copper-alloy probable medieval casket/box fitting. This fitting is rectangular in shape measuring 57.6mm in length and 11.6mm in width. It is flat and has two circular holes through it, c5mm in diameter, there is also a tiny hole, c1.5mm in diameter which is obscured on the front face by a mass of corroded iron, possibly from an iron rivet/nail. Near to one of the longitudinal edges of the fitting there is also a small rectangular hole with a piece of copper-alloy sheet fitted into it, running at right angles to the fitting. The function of this is unknown and it may be some sort of later modification. The terminals of the fitting are shaped like fleur-de-lis. Each one has a corroded iron rivet through its tip. Although no exact parallel could be found this probable casket/box fitting is medieval and likely to date to between 1400-1600. | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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