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Description: | A cast copper alloy ?arm? from a pair of 16th century dividers. Only one arm from the pair of dividers survives. The arm is square is section tapering on all sides for approximately 27mm, before the section of the arm changes and becomes triangular. The arm then continues to taper to a point. The point has not been broken, so we know that each arm would have measured 77.4mm. The arm is decorated with two pairs of engraved lines, which run around three sides of the square-sectioned arm (close to the change in section and also near the hinge). The internal side of the arm is undecorated and flat. The dividers have lost much of their original surface but file marks can still be seen on the surface of the arm. Integral to the arm, is the ?hinge?. The hinge has unfortunately been broken. The hinge extends from the square section of the arm; it is a flat piece of copper alloy, which is roughly crescent shaped. The break is about half the way around the hinge it is well worn. Due to this break the hinge proper does not survive and the second arm is also missing. The hinge is also undecorated, in order to allow the two-hinged arms to slide over each other. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and some pitting as occurred. This type of divider is typical of the 16th century. A parallel of the dividers can be seen in Bailey, 2001, p69, No. 8. | 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: | 1500
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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